You liked me a lot

 

Liked my shoes and my shirts

My hats and my pants

So you copied everything that I wore

From the little silver chain to the distressed jeans

From the socks a little longer than usual

To the cross earring I didn't even remember

 

It was like this since forever

And if forever lasted even longer

It would still be like this

One day I showed up in a beanie

On the other you said your ears were really cold

One day I cut my hair

On the other you said your bangs were bothering you

 

It was like this for years and I never thought it was wrong

Some told me you were stealing my style but I didn't care

I insisted on letting you do what made you happy and told them to not bother you anymore

It worked until I showed up at uni with a new hair color

And later you were there with your hair a little drier but the same color as mine

 

It was like this since you met me

And it continued happening even though I was not the same

Everything about my appearance changed

Was it the hair or the rings

But you followed all of my footsteps

Were I static or not you were my reflection

Not exactly the same but close enough

 

And it was like this for years and years without rest

Every year

Every semester

Every draining finals week

Nothing seemed to change in your method

You had focus on something you didn't understand

 

It was like this even if you didn't get it right all the time

Because some things you never did

Like the missing hairs on my nape

Or the eyebags that I hid

The nails corroded by time

That kidney that didn't work all that well

And the lips cracked by the smoke sessions behind the auditorium

 

It was like this because you liked me

But never told me directly

I am lucky that these things can be felt

Or I would've thought you were copying me

When you were only reflecting me

In a much better way I must say

In a way that is only yours

A way that only Do Kyungsoo could make work

That I could never do so well for you to copy

It's like this because

 

You like me a lot

 

In the most original way that nobody could ever copy