My eldest sister is 14yrs my senior and she looked after me a lot when I was young. Though she has more memories of this than I do. Circumstance then separated us for a long time then through the internet, more than anything else we have grown back together. Definitely one of the better changes in my life. The photo below is not us …. but it could of been.
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We were never that close when I was young
but now I am older my best friend you have become.
Sisters Change
Travels and families kept us apart yet
we were always together deep down in our hearts.
I think the need was mutual and I have certainly gained
from your life learned wisdom, stress, happiness and pain.
The computer has been our weapon of choice
but we still use the phone it is always good to hear your voice.
You helped me meet my recent changes the facts I did want to face
The times I wanted to give up you showed me how to just drop down a pace.
Now you need my strength and help, you need support and love from me
I can now repay the love and solace you gave, and show you how to be free.
Once you where my eldest sister just a photo on the page
but now we are there for each other no longer separated by age .
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This poem was entered into a challenge for poems about changes, of any kind. Go to following link for more information dVerse challenge: http://dversepoets.com/2011/11/19/poetics-changes/
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Nov 20, 2011 @ 11:04:35
smiles…this is a lovely tribute to your sister…my sister was 2 years seperate…love how you ended this, beyond sisters….or no longer seperated by age
Nov 20, 2011 @ 11:08:18
Thank you, I have three sisters and two brothers but this my eldest sister and I have grown closer through email and messaging. She helped me through some bad times and now she is unwell and I can help her. What goes around comes around.
Nov 20, 2011 @ 11:42:59
oh this is lovely..i only had a brother and think it’s not quite the same…my daughters are 4 years apart, they’re 17 and 21 now – and they are really, really close..always were…
Nov 20, 2011 @ 11:51:23
Thank you. As I said above I have three sisters and two brothers and I am closer to my sisters, I think that is just a female thing, we love our brothers but perhaps you have learned they do not share!! I have three sons, 28yrs 36yrs and 38yrs they help each other but not like sisters…well they are not sisters are they? :o) I am sure your girls will remain friends always. xx
Nov 20, 2011 @ 12:44:08
Thank you so much for this! I appreciate your love and care1
Nov 20, 2011 @ 15:09:16
What goes around comes around and it my pleasure to repay a little now if I can. xxx
Nov 20, 2011 @ 13:01:36
Lovely piece. with a great sense of sincerity. Loved it.
Nov 20, 2011 @ 15:09:46
Thank you I did mean every word.
Nov 20, 2011 @ 15:12:05
I seek honesty in words and you have satisfied with this piece…deeply touching
Peace
Nov 20, 2011 @ 15:29:50
Thank you it is from my heart.
Nov 20, 2011 @ 15:55:50
love it.
I have one about 4 years apart.
Nov 20, 2011 @ 19:28:08
Treasure her then. xx
Nov 20, 2011 @ 16:09:36
such a nice loving tribute. great job!
Nov 20, 2011 @ 19:28:42
Thank you I did write it from the heart.
Nov 21, 2011 @ 01:24:20
Willow,
We get separated but not for long. The internet is certainly a boon.Now’s the time to get back the lost years.You’ve done something many just think about! Great verse!
Nov 21, 2011 @ 16:52:30
Thank you I treasure all my sisters but to have a chance to share this relationship with my eldest sister again is a wonderful bonus. I hope you are well and happy.xx
Nov 21, 2011 @ 01:45:00
sweet one.
it reminds me of mine,
smiles.
Happy Writing.
Nov 21, 2011 @ 16:54:08
Thank you happy writing to you too! I hope you keep in touch with your sister ! be well and happy.
Nov 21, 2011 @ 03:56:21
A strikingly personal narrative that is touching and insightful. Thank you for sharing!
Nov 21, 2011 @ 16:54:57
It was a pleasure and it was all true too!!!
Nov 21, 2011 @ 05:05:57
what a lovely ode to your sister. I wrote mine about my sister, too. there is nothing quite like them, is there?
Nov 21, 2011 @ 16:56:42
sisters are not replaceable we need to cherish and tend to them like flowers, be well and happy. xxx
Nov 21, 2011 @ 13:07:01
Wunderschöne Erzählund ich habe leider nur eine Schwester lieber Gruss und eine schöne Woche wünsche ich dir Gruss Gislinde.
Nov 21, 2011 @ 16:49:02
Vielen Dank Giselzitrone Ich bin froh, dass du eine Schwester sie sind einfach die besten, sind sie nicht? Ich hoffe, Sie haben eine gute Woche. xxxx
Nov 21, 2011 @ 17:20:29
I’d be lost without my sisters. Thanks for sharing this beautiful poem. xx
Nov 21, 2011 @ 17:25:31
Thank you for your kind words it is a pleasure to share.xx
Nov 22, 2011 @ 09:39:10
This is such a sweet take on changes and on sisterhood. Gave me a lump in my throat.
I selected your name randomly from the Linky list…..and I think it is darned amazing that you, Sheila, and I all wrote about our sisters in our poems about changes! What synchronicity. And I find a lot of solace in yours, because mine is of separation and not reunion. My sister and I tried for ten years after our mother’s death, using the internet as you mentioned. I suggested a phone call once each change of season, but she never responded to the idea. In the last year we have drifted completely apart. Today (Nov. 22) is her birthday, the first I recall ever ignoring….as she did mine in January.
Thank you for this dear poem.
Nov 22, 2011 @ 13:20:27
Yes it is an amazing thing and three of us as well, I am so sorry that you and your sister have drifted apart. It is sad that now you have lost the tenuous link of the birthdays, maybe you could send a Christmas card. Sorry none of my business. I just know that I would feel I was bleeding if I was completely severed from any of my sisters or brothers. Sadly I know this happens and seemingly in your case just distance between you. My husband and his brother no longer speak or communicate and there are only about 15miles between them. My husband had a lifetime of being taken for granted and used till finally he just stopped doing what he was bid. It grieves me and I know it grieves him too but neither will relent. Thank you for such a lovely comment on my poem I wrote it from the heart. I hope you can find your sister again, and if not well she is there and you are here so be well and happy and just pray she is too! xx
Nov 23, 2011 @ 14:42:58
Beautful tribut to the relationship with your sister. Lovely!
Nov 23, 2011 @ 16:23:21
Thank you it is written from the heart.
Nov 28, 2011 @ 00:00:29
Wonderful tribute to your sister! It’s great that you are now closer to each other~
I recently wrote a tribute to my two sisters, you may enjoy: http://lscotthoughts.com/2011/11/16/note-to-sis/ 🙂
Nov 28, 2011 @ 13:35:13
Thanks again I look forward to reading your poem.
Jan 26, 2012 @ 18:23:40
sweet, love the imagery.
Jan 26, 2012 @ 22:24:37
Thank you so much and it is all true!
Apr 29, 2014 @ 07:52:44
How strange – my sister and I were not estranged but not close for a number of years and it was the internet that forged the new closeness we have now. She lives in another state and while we talk on the phone occasionally (std charges are expensive for call) it is on line that we have the most contact. I’m glad you re-connected with your big sis.
Apr 29, 2014 @ 08:00:53
I’m glad too it was not estrangement for us either. She and her husband and family went off as £10 POM’s and spent 2 years in Australia on their return they moved Kent way I got married and life and phone charges got in the way. Then came the internet and free phone calls from my provider and hers. So as she is now up north and I am south we ate in touch almost daily.
Apr 29, 2014 @ 08:04:56
There are a number of very positive things about the net and this is one of the best examples of it. Allowing family who are separated through distance and the cost of phone calls to remain in contact and be an integral part of each others lives.
Apr 29, 2014 @ 08:09:51
Yes that is very important