Stay Alive

"Stay alive for my sake!" I need you to try and understand together, why plates are crashing. And hair is being pulled out in clumps. "Stay alive for my sake!" From Mum and Dad I have learned to fight. I need to fight with you. Because you are smaller than our two big brothers. "Stay alive for my sake!" We are at boarding school now. I love you, but my jealously makes me want to hurt you. so, when there are screams on your first night.... I pretend that's normal. "Stay alive for my sake!" I realise at last how much you love me. And I want to love you back. Also, I am getting married now, and need a beautiful bridesmaid. "Stay alive for my sake!" We need each other more than ever, to see us through this scary place called marriage. "Stay alive for my sake!" I know what you have lived through. More than the children you suffered so much for. "Stay alive for my sake!" I love you! I love you!! I am your mother. I am your sister. I am your best friend. I am your touchstone. I see the light that shines in you while others are blind.