Ngoc Nguyen Poet Sonnet

To Sister, This Heartfelt Sonnet of Love

Dear sister...You, Charles, and Mom: all three,
     a part of my life forever; I love 
you all! But this sonnet is writ for thee
     (and for thee only): for you are, above

all, my sibling Achates—bosom friend
     in my life and help in my poverty
and suffering. You are my childhood's Godsend.
     I know not the veiled reasons or the why

of my hard, joyless life; but, that nevermore
     could I remain your role model, the one  
you copied and looked up to like before,
     because mental illness left me undone.
  
So, because of your steadfast love for me,  
heaven's a place—I know—reserved for thee.

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