Twins Unlimited

age, birth, birthday, childhood, friendship, teenage, together, Twin Unlimited ballad Twinned at birth I shared a moment Not too much room in the womb remained Closeted together holding hands we laid We were birthed apart three minutes in-between She was named Sandra and I Diane. It wasn't long before she was called Sandi And I for reasons you will know 'nick-named' Didee Nanny named me after what the British called a ‘diaper’! Sandra became 'Sandi', shortly thereafter rhyming with Didee. Our nick-names have followed us from kindergarten and up And today Sandi is GRANNY SANDI And I AUNTY DIANE But, I remain Didee still, to all my living family and relatives I was youngest and grew up an introvert and her an extrovert Times changed and the wild whole world saw to that! I became myself apart from twin mania; as so did she. It was in teenage years that we were separated as twins We were dressed alike and shared many a birthday party Graduation in grade 8, I chose a frilly dress not Sandi She wanted a pair of boys blue denim jeans which said a lot I went feminine with girly wants, nylons, training bras and rollers And Sandi loved sports of all kinds, bats and balls and bubble gum! We indeed went our separate ways, me the 'thinker' and her a 'doer' Today we share senior hood and are still bonded enjoying our lives I have been gifted with creativity, expressiveness with words and paints She has been gifted with the gab and expresses herself with thread and cloth We definitely are of two minds with lives differently spent But always in one’s shadow, proudly following one another’s gain Our years nick-named Sandi and Didee are forever stamped in our 'twined' minds!