Remember

I couldn't help but close my eyes when I saw you
I needed to remember
Remember what you looked like in my ancient memories of yesterday
Before the stitches and the tears
Back when you were ugly to me
Before I could see the pain in your eyes, every single time your lungs tried to function
You were just my annoying older sister
We had no thoughts of uncontrolled accidents with the power to take our lives
I wanted to remember you, just for a second, in the way you used to be
Back before I knew how much I loved you