She stands there
Waiting for me to walk over
We walk outside
Sit down in the semi-damp Grass
She slides the cookie she bought for us
Closer to my leg
I break off a peice
The oily
Gooy
Goodness
Oozing onto my fingers
I charished these moments with her
During that first year in High school
I did ok but then crashed
My grades slipped
My social group changed
So my parents and I decided that
I would tranfer schools
She helped me through the transition
and some nights
She would come home Late
From work
Exausted
And she would still answer my questions
Math, Science, Language Arts, Spanish
She helped me with all of them
She was there when things were hard
At home
Or when things got hard between friends
We would take care of each other
Giving each other ideas on how to solve these
Many problems
She is so easy to talk to about anything
She took me to dinner some nights
If she didn't have work or
Her friends were just staying home
That was the good part about having her around
Before...
She went off to College
Across the States
To Greenville, North Carolina
She's Transfered to the University Of Wisconsin
So she a little closer to home
But...
I am excited that she is finally home
For the summer
We can finally talk person to person
SHE is my Sister
The one I love so much
Author notes
She helped get me through High school
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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You are truly blessed to have a special sister like that and you have done a wonderful thing by writing this beautiful poem for her. I don't usually like story type poems, but you really did a good job at making it flow and read like a versed poem. Thanks for sharing!


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touching!
I love the image of you two sharing a fresh, gooey cookie! This is like a huge 2-dimesional hug for your sister! Consider the following suggestions: divide poem into stanzas; expand the line about transferring schools by explaining the significance of this; make every word in the poem--including the title--the strongest (most specific, original) word possible; lastly, do you want to say why she came home late, or change the "and" to a "but"?
--Ms. P


