I remember you,
Though I age my lines get deeper and defined,
While yours go unchanged and more soft-focused with time,
All the heaviness fades to lightness as I grow into being,
A fantasy life, I imagine, who you could be,
I remember you,
Surfing through people with attention and ease,
Looking for neglectful and clumsy me,
Your spirit was so free,
Mine locked down by judgmental, grudge-filled, heady thinking,
I remember you,
Exuding happiness into everything,
Most of which I inevitably drained,
A smile in the world you left behind,
Beamed life into my soul,
What you already knew,
I’m still finding out,
I remember you,
You taught me what life was about.
-Your sister (Friday, the 13th of August in 2010)