At my twin sister’s graduation, my father lifted his camera for her name—then the dean said

orbit.

Accept this version of acknowledgment.

Rebuild something that had never quite existed.

Or—

I could keep the life I had built on my own terms.

Without trying to reshape it to fit theirs.

Neither choice was clean.

Neither choice was entirely right.

Or entirely wrong.

My father looked at me like he was waiting.

Not for forgiveness.

But for direction.

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