MY SISTER WAS LIKE A CHARM

 

MY SISTER WAS LIKE A CHARM

My sister was like a charm

On the bracelet of the sun

My baby sister

Grandmother gave us yellow gold bracelets

My sister was the tiny hinged piano

That was her soul to me finally and the treble clef as well

She was all music

She was made of It from the beginning

Toddling out in her apricot Easter dress

That matched mine

But which she wore

Like a diffident jonquil

You could only adore.

Later when she had words

The flower talked and said to me

With a rosebud pout

You are only 18 months older.

I laugh to remember and the laugh

Turns into music too.

mary angela douglas 18 april 2024