She came in humming.
Not a song I knew. Not a song anyone should know.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkLwFy4R3i
It dragged behind her like a fever does.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyv112VKNOh
Soft at first, but it clung to the rafters like steam from a deep wound.
Her eyes were glossed with something that remembered sunlight but had forgotten warmth.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrvkxpWt1h
She smiled and asked for something quiet.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpxQLHGzFS
I poured.
She drank.
And then she whispered:
“It started with a cough. Then a dream. Then names slipping away like melting snow.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXOzB4Zwhn
My sister first. Then mine. Then the color of my mother's eyes.”
“But this place... it remembers me. Doesn't it?”
I didn’t answer. I only nodded.
Because yes, I remember her.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHDngzGICz
Even if her name is gone. Even if she disappears again when the door closes.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6IPIlEwqw
I will remember the humming.
And I will write it down.
Even if I catch her sickness.
Even if forgetting becomes contagious.
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