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This Is Me: Love or Hate, Don't Care
ISSUE #8
Author: NoellAster
This Is Me: Love or Hate, Don't Care
Author: NoellAster
ISSUE #8
Little Mirror: She Followed Me
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When it began,

I was a blank sheet—

untouched,

unwritten.

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Then she came—

my little sister.

Four, six years younger?

I forget the count.

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She was clingy.

She was lovely.

And I—

I didn’t have the patience

to carry her love.

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My mother pulled me aside:

“She’s your little sister.

Would you want 

her clinging

to someone else?”

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Jealousy caught flame 

in my chest.

No.

If she clings,

it will be me.

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Then she added,

“She will copy you,

no matter what.”

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I didn’t understand.

But time 

painted it clear—

in word,

in tone,

in choice.

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She mirrored me.

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And when she copied my mistakes,

guilt punched 

harder than any 

scolding.

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So I changed.

Slowly.

I became the person

I wanted her to become.

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Sassy.

Bold.

Truthful.

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I trained my voice,

my posture,

my confidence—

until it felt like mine.

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And as my mother said—

she followed.

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Now she’s sassier,

bossier,

taller.

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And I love 

every bit of her—

like I learned

to love every 

bit of me.

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Maybe one day,

she’ll pass 

the mirror on.

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This Is Me: Love or Hate, Don't Care
Poetry
Inspirational
Last updated: Sep 24, 2025
Total word count: 1,192
Total reading time: 6 Minutes
Writer:
NoellAster
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