we were born on...

we were born on the same day in 1984. we both have sisters, only now i say i had a sister. we went to the same two elementary schools that had more portables than classrooms and a division between those who spoke french and those who did not. your father's heart stopped beating one night. you were never the same way again. we passed glances at the movies once, there was no time for exchanges of anything other then pre-wrapped hellos. i wonder about you occasionally. i wonder if your birthday was any different then mine? if not, it must've been filled with the twenty years of disappointment we grew into, and not out of.sometimes i wish i was born blind.