Pebble art by Sharon Nowlan

I met someone.
You can call her what you want.
I’m going to call her

biological mother
for now.

Jesus, we look alike.

We’re a little lost.
We talk and talk.
Jesus, we sounds alike.
We order green tea and forget to drink it.
Questions, answers
Questioned, answered
Cheekbones, same
talk talk talk
Expressions, similar
talk talk talk
Height, identical
tangent, tangent, back
talking, we search
feature by feature
looking for connections, more
than superficial?

I think so

We leave
each other, shaking
a 27-year-old embrace
found.

It’s ok.
It’s all ok.
It always has been.
It was all for the best. This
is where
we are

supposed to start.