/story/193893/this-is-me-love-or-hate-don-t-care/issue/8?load=0
This Is Me: Love or Hate, Don't Care - Little Mirror: She Followed Me | Penana
arrow_back
This Is Me: Love or Hate, Don't Care
more_vert
  • info_outline Info
  • toc Table of Contents
  • share Share
  • format_color_text Display Settings
  • exposure_plus_1 Recommend
  • coins Sponsor
  • report_problem Report
  • account_circle Login
share bookmark_border file_download
info_outline
format_color_text
toc
comment 0
exposure_plus_1
coins
Search stories, writers or societies
Show More Tags
Continue ReadingClear All
More
What Others Are ReadingRefresh
See more results for ""
X
Never miss what's happening on Penana!
Turn on notifications
Later
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
No Plagiarism!P2e2GtpxxAfJSywscdbKposted on PＥNAＮＡ

When it began,

I was a blank sheet—

untouched,

unwritten.

195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7fkSEnBfZ

Then she came—

my little sister.

Four, six years younger?

I forget the count.

195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63kLUt2ngI

She was clingy.

She was lovely.

And I—

I didn’t have the patience

to carry her love.

195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZAIK0befF

My mother pulled me aside:

“She’s your little sister.

Would you want 

her clinging

to someone else?”

195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfLINZ31Wb

Jealousy caught flame 

in my chest.

No.

If she clings,

it will be me.

195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZuHlKwyP0

Then she added,

“She will copy you,

no matter what.”

195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2up1XxDKZu

I didn’t understand.

But time 

painted it clear—

in word,

in tone,

in choice.

195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIeAX5VXbn

She mirrored me.

195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXP4ygPKJGv

And when she copied my mistakes,

guilt punched 

harder than any 

scolding.

195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOilvvLrjh

So I changed.

Slowly.

I became the person

I wanted her to become.

195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLFGqGGoHg

Sassy.

Bold.

Truthful.

195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKuWq02YPz

I trained my voice,

my posture,

my confidence—

until it felt like mine.

195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbTG0YyOnj

And as my mother said—

she followed.

195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Rzzp95hgQ

Now she’s sassier,

bossier,

taller.

195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3AYskvNX5

And I love 

every bit of her—

like I learned

to love every 

bit of me.

195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqYaM04IkE

Maybe one day,

she’ll pass 

the mirror on.

195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEce0flaPU

195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFLJMppIrb

216.73.216.236

ns216.73.216.236da2
Comments
BOOKMARK
+RECOMMEND
LIKES 0
READS 191
BOOKMARKS 0
campaign Request update 0
Sponsor
Suggest Edits
Login with Facebook or Sign up/Login to comment or bookmark!
< Prev Issue
Next Issue >
Click to load the next chapter
Be the first to like this issue!
X
X
Login first to show your name as a sponsor.

Pena Coins Credit Card

×
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
No tags yet.
Report this story
×
×
Write down what you like about the story
×
Reading Theme:

Font Size:

Line Spacing:

Paragraph Spacing:

Load the next issue automatically


Reset to default

X
×
x
Proceed

x
Before You Publish
Please ensure your story does not contain illegal, hateful, inciting, or violence-promoting content, or any infringing, plagiarized, or spam material, and that it complies with Penana’s Terms of Use.
Penana reserves the right to remove any content that violates these rules or causes legal or community risk, and to suspend or terminate related accounts.
arrow_back
×

Select a reason:

×

Install this webapp for easier offline reading: tap and then Add to home screen.