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Sister Birthday Poem #1

She is the one 


That when my mom placed her in my arms at the hospital 

I yelled “if it’s a boy then you have to send it back!”

I got my baby doll sister that day


She is the one 


Where the baby doll phase quickly faded 

And the majority of our childhood was spent

With her loving me effortlessly

And me trying to murder her for existing 


Her smothering me with affection

Me, returning the love by squishing spiders in her hair 

But if the neighbor girls said one unkind thing about her

I would barrel across the cul - de - sac 

Teeth bared and wild eyed  

Shove the little bullies into the grass 

Shove them harder towards the grass if they attempted to get up and face me 

And throw that forever baby doll of a sister over my shoulder 

And stomp away home 


She is the one 


That as kids she happily obliged 

To me smearing a blue chalk paste 

All across her body 

Turning her into a smurf 

But it didn’t matter what was happening, 

She was just thrilled we were playing together 


She is the one 


That survived my childhood tortures

And with the same energy that went into nearly murdering each other

Shifted into the deepest friendship 


She is the one 


Who shares my same laugh

Even if I tease

She is trying to be me 


She is the one


Whose voice 

Heals the souls lucky enough to listen  

Whose voice 

Carries through canyons 

Whose voice 

More powerful than the crashing of waves 


She is the one 


Whose tears run constantly down her cheeks

Because her heart is so big

Her capacity to love is so deep

That rivers of love flow from her eyes 


I know the gift it is to have a sister

I know the rare  gift it is to have a sister that is my best friend 

I know the rare and sacred gift it is to have a sister that is not only my best friend, but a piece of my soul that exists only for her. 


I know we have to die on the same day 

Because I only know living 

With her by my side



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