Sister Family Poems

(earlier this January 18th, 2019 belatedly
to acknowledge my LX birthday.)

Mine eldest sister
as I continue in the circle game
of life, (ye dear Amelie
McGeehan) darling dame
a modestly...

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Beautiful
Passionate am I, renown in faith, forgiving and remarkably empathetic.
My eldest sister Karen died tragically, one brother Joe and another sister Jen.
I love animals, kindness...

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Taking care of the family that wasn’t their
Anger every night, stupid arguments 
Lies
Cheating
Hunger
Drugs
Alcohol 
Scared to show love within
Mom cares but not enough
Dad loves me but...

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Angels in a cloudy sky;
So slowly do they float on by.
My late sister paints them there;
Her way of saying, “don’t despair”.

She was an artist, in...

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Thank you….

Thank you for all the memories that you left us to cherish.

I remember when you were first born
I named you Daijon, I called you...

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On the first day of Christmas,
my eldest brother Reuben said to me:
“Let us all serve Jesus Christ only”

On the second day of Christmas,
my older sibling...

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Every child’s asleep with dreams of sweets and toys
All save for a little girl and boy. 
Staying up late waiting for Santa Claus,
Hoping to hear...

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She unfriended them
No one really knows why
Wanting nothing more to do
With members of the family
It’s quite a mystery how
She cut off her roots
Clean in one...

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I’m not sure what you were at first…
you never went away.
you made all kind of noises
and you laid around all day…

Mom and Dad seemed to...

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Laying my head back, eyes closing,
reminiscing, the years falling away into decades ago
to the 1950s at my grandparent's grand home
for Christmas.

It was a gracious dining...

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Little sisters can be a pain in the butt
She always asks why
I always say leave me alone 
She always says no

Moms are confusing
Always wants to...

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My significant other,
to our family 
you are a magnificent mother.
You are closer to me
than my sister and my brother.
You're my ray of light 
You're my...

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Eternal Waltz

Beside another recent lain
Dug before the morning rain
Laid in rows midst flowers and grass
Where hand-carved marble speaks of past

Blackbird seeking worm or grain
Eyes the...

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When I was only a small child
Your temperament so mild
You worked, each and every day
Whether at home, or away

Nicknamed your little toadslies every day
We always...

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Thankfulness

I treasure those heartfelt moments spent at the dining table,
With Dad and Mom and us siblings with our own offspring to rear,
Engaged in an eating...

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I always thought that I was like my dad.
People tell me that I look like him
So, I just suspected that we were similar.

He doesn’t show...

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This is the continuation of the story written by my brother Bob of our growing up years in the chicken coop.

Because we had no rooms...

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8
Of course 
I love my 
Mother and father
And sister
And nephews
But my step
Parents takes
Some strength
To handle
But love them
I do a bundle
...

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It really hurt me when you
said I didn't matter
Threw me on the bed
watched organs spray and splatter

You offered me up to him
on a silver platter
Filled...

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A twin we will never be.
I am who I am.
You are who you are.
 
We never grew up the same.
And I am glad we didn't.

No...

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