She came in humming.
Not a song I knew. Not a song anyone should know.5Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7y0QpnXnPH
It dragged behind her like a fever does.5Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2uCkrudjV
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.5Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ElTdhWRy9
She smiled and asked for something quiet.5Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgCuL0vQCD
I poured.
She drank.
And then she whispered:
“It started with a cough. Then a dream. Then names slipping away like melting snow.5Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIedakYtdAN
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.5Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0uNqjK2qh
Even if her name is gone. Even if she disappears again when the door closes.5Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJgmqFbesN
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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