My Sisters Company

If I were there

I'd stroll along the beach at Night

In my Dear Sisters company enjoying

The beauty of the Night sky

The salty smell of the ocean

And the sound the waves make

As it hits the shoreline and rushes out to sea again

I would hold your hand and be your strength

When weakness makes your limbs unsteady

And the pain becomes intolerable

We would laugh and talk of things forgot

Of favorite places and that which used to bring us comfort

We'd sit a spell and look in wonder at the skies

And harken not of life's unfairness

But my dearest Sister we would laugh

In jocular fashion dip our limbs at the water's edge

and when we tired of the Night frolic

We'd walk the trail back

Never lamenting the unfairness of Life but

appreciating life in all the splendor

As looking aft into the horizon

Saying a prayer of thanks

for being in my Dearest Sisters company.

To Ashley, my eldest Daughter and the best big Sister a Sister could ask for.