Siblings

Siblings

We always knew that one day you would leave us

First to go was Dad, then all too soon went Mum.

She hung on a little longer to see how we were fixed.

Filled in all the details from the outline that you gave us, 

Finalised the details, finished off a job well done.

Your departure served to bring the siblings closer.

No doubt just the way you were intending.

New crew members board our family ship.

Each sailing onward to our happy ending. 

Heading up a future generation.

The world appears much smaller to our younger generation .

Sister’s Brothers, Daughters Husbands Wives and Sons.

Going out to mix within all nations

Doing all the things you wished you’d done.

With confidence they boldly travel on

The spaces between merge and bring us ever closer.

We move aside to let the young ones in

Fearless they strike out and take their chances.

Go out and live and laugh and love, indulge in fun frivolity and dances.

Where we lost we encouraged them to win.

Places and memories lost in time and space remind us

That gentle dig in the ribs or that brush of the shoulder when we part

Like lion cubs.playing,with killer claws retracted.

Tells the world that genetics are what bind us.

Collective history held within our hearts.

We age as we cut away the path.

We tell your story from our own perspective.

Mere product of love’s aftermath.

We scan the world to keep our clan protected

One of us will heed the final call

Family is what we are, that's all.