The Deeper Meaning of Sisterhood
I wrote this poem for my sister Sarah as a pseudo-wedding present. I thought I would share it with you. Everyone else seemed to like it.
Memories locked within my heart could never go untold
Of a sacred bond of friendship formed twenty years ago
As a child I can remember memorizing your every action
In order to look older by even the slightest fraction
From leotards and riding gloves to the piano keys we love to play
A drive within me burned endlessly as I watched you every day
We shared Barbies and crayons, both laughter and tears
And now I look back and ask where went those years
Days where the freedom of childhood ran through our veins
Like a raging river of experience through adolescent plains
Our teenage years paved a winding road of youthful trials
Yet every day proved easier with each of my sister’s smiles.
Once again I retreat into the role of an observer
In the book of your life when I help to close another chapter
Anxiously awaiting the door of adulthood to welcome the blushing bride
I can’t ignore the pain within my heart aching with the deepest pride
Some say sisters grow as one, a statement I once was quick to deny
Yet now I realize their words ring true, a priceless lesson from the wise.
You’ve been more than a sister to me, even more than a best friend
You’ve been my inspiration and a confidante on whom I can depend
It has taken me twenty years to recognize my sister’s true value
One thing I have always known is how much I respect you
The word sister means much more than family or love
A sister is God’s way of sending an angel from above.
The day I saw an angel get her wings was the day my sister found true love
I could read it all over her face like the front page of the newspaper
And I thought to myself, he must be the one
And I was right.
I’ve never seen my sister so happy as she is with William
And I can only hope and pray that God will grant me wings with someone as good as him
Memories locked within my heart could never go untold
Of a sacred bond of friendship formed twenty years ago
As a child I can remember memorizing your every action
In order to look older by even the slightest fraction
From leotards and riding gloves to the piano keys we love to play
A drive within me burned endlessly as I watched you every day
We shared Barbies and crayons, both laughter and tears
And now I look back and ask where went those years
Days where the freedom of childhood ran through our veins
Like a raging river of experience through adolescent plains
Our teenage years paved a winding road of youthful trials
Yet every day proved easier with each of my sister’s smiles.
Once again I retreat into the role of an observer
In the book of your life when I help to close another chapter
Anxiously awaiting the door of adulthood to welcome the blushing bride
I can’t ignore the pain within my heart aching with the deepest pride
Some say sisters grow as one, a statement I once was quick to deny
Yet now I realize their words ring true, a priceless lesson from the wise.
You’ve been more than a sister to me, even more than a best friend
You’ve been my inspiration and a confidante on whom I can depend
It has taken me twenty years to recognize my sister’s true value
One thing I have always known is how much I respect you
The word sister means much more than family or love
A sister is God’s way of sending an angel from above.
The day I saw an angel get her wings was the day my sister found true love
I could read it all over her face like the front page of the newspaper
And I thought to myself, he must be the one
And I was right.
I’ve never seen my sister so happy as she is with William
And I can only hope and pray that God will grant me wings with someone as good as him