My Sister

 

My Sister, My Own

(A Tribute) 

You were my opposite mirror.

Twin to my other side,

Same —

Yet Different.

 

Suddenly, there you are,

As flits of memories

Seep into my mind

While you stand still.

Pat-a-cake Patty, you never were.

Renegade to my girlie tom-boy,

Always —

The other side of the moon.

 

Where I was weak, you were strong.

Where I was lost, you were brilliant.

While I struggled, you made it look easy.

You calculated your path.

  

Fearless, yet troubled!

 

Oh, how the lure of yesterday

Sweeps by me now.

The long-ago echoes of “Didee Ann,”

Whispered softly is lost.

 

Timelessness is yours.

Forever in my heart, you remain,

            My rebellious sister —

                        And very truly loved.

 

~d. lawrence

Photo Courtesy of Benjamin Wedemeyer

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