Why

a poem about trying to hang on to the past

"Why"

Why were you never happy with just me?

Remember how it used to be?

Just us chilling, watching TV

Eating snacks, laughing, crying at the dramas

Going up town Saturdays, Sundays grandmas

Everywhere we went together,

truly we were birds of a feather.

Then you met friends at school,

started treating me like a fool.

I went along with it, fighting you for fun

Lucky we never had a gun

or one of us be dead by now...

holy cow

When we got older, friends we were again

until we started hanging out with men!

D****t, you met your husband damn quick.

That was me dropped again, like a hot brick

Don't get me wrong I love him too

but I liked it, just me and you

I can feel things slipping away

though I was happy for you on your big day

When Dad was ill, we were thick as thieves

getting on with the work, rolling up our sleeves

Whilst the rest of the family shirked away,

We were there to save the day

Close as can be and there for Dad

if not for you, i'd have gone mad

We can be proud, we couldn't have done more

and neither saw it as a chore

So now what. you getting on with your life

me getting on with mine as mother, wife

Getting together when we can, not much

It's a strain just to stay in touch

Things never remain the same

It's not the nature of the game

At least happy memories we'll always share

and for you I'll always truly love and care

 

my sister

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Reviews

[Tony Jordan]

Holy crap @ '...one of us would be dead by now...'
and lol @ your own reaction 'Holy Cow' to that insight (which you so generously allowed the reader to see)
I take it this is the sister who did the Santa Claus expose!
I once saw two brothers fight (in the street) for over an hour - knocking lumps out of one another but had anyone took a side they would have borne the brunt of both their anger and therein lies the rub, as they say.
Siblings are sent to try us - then to teach us - about us and vice versa.

The final two stanzas brought a lump to my throat KT. You penned the journey of a sister-ship beautifully. Have you ever shown this to her (sorry for being nosey...)

[KT-B]

oh gee the fights we had trying to impress friends were brutal, I once bit her on the arm and it was so bad my other siblings were disgusted with me for weeks - :( - no I've never shown her this one, it's a bit too honest, she'd be like "gee wiz kid bit ott" - I felt the same when all my brothers and sisters got married that things changed forever and it was a bit sad but obviously be even sadder if we all never and were still in the same house crying at little house on the prairie hahaha - thanks for taking the time to read and review, much appreciated :)

[Tony Jordan]

I know but you wouldn't have traded it for the world. I broke my sister's arm while trampolining on my grandads bed - she still thinks it was deliberate lol.
You're welcome KT. :)

[KT-B]

oh no!! that's pretty bad but as you say you would never trade it, that's what memories are made of.. at least we all survived!