_{FINDING MY FAMILY (SISTER)}

_{Water thickens to blood.  The clarity of the liquid disappears and gains the color of red.}

_{Your presence suffocates self-doubt.}

_{It strengthens -delivers fresh reassurance of possibilities I’ve untouched.} 

_{Your big brown eyes tell me that you believe in me and all will be alright.}

_{Loves lacy ribbons surface from nothing and constrict to our extremities……}

_{binding us together.}

_{Family ties (created).}

_{You mother the world, giving pieces of your continuously}

_{growing heart and expect nothing in return.}

                                    _{Divine and gracious traits don’t go unnoticed.}

_{My expectations are exceeded and yet you’re unaware.}

_{You see who I really am,} 

            _{and leave me untouched.}

_{Your attempts to change the me–have never existed.  Separating you from the rest.}

_{Bliss becomes me as thoughts appear of our time shared together:}

   _{Past, Present, and Future.  I appreciate them all.}

_{I lose my physical form and my molecules scatter the galaxy}

_{And the joy and safety you caused me to experience and see causes me to bounce off nebulas as my limitless happiness cannot be contained.}

            _{I share with others what you did with me.}

_{My nerves dissipate, my guards to world ease as knowledge of your}

_{friendship permeates my head. Feelings of protection surround me,}

            _{Even when you’re not here.}

_{In times of crisis, my war, you gathered my pieces; broken and shattered on the floor.}

_{Soft your feminine touch,}

   _{erased my sorrows as they escaped from the frames of the soul.}

_{Embarked on a journey- comforting words warmed my ears.}

_{“You’ll be ok, hold on.”  “I love you!”}

_{Putting me back together.}

_{You forced back into my hand my white flag of surrender.}

_{Concealing from others what I’d exposed.} 

_{You tucked it back into the pocket of my blue jeans.}

_{A disguised retreat from a misinterpreted invitation. “Come with me”, were your words.}

_{I blindly weakened followed your lead.}

_{Over purple mountains, blue and green waterfalls and sun filled canyons-}

  _{the beauties of the Earth.}

_{To a dirt road few traveled…and even fewer have taken others.}        

_{To the Holy Ground…to be safe…to heal.}

            _{In prayer-recovery began.}

            _{I prayed for you.}

_{Gracious was your humble acknowledgment as you refused}

_{to solve my difficulties, Angelic your actions as you took me}

_{to whom could.}

_{Your understanding waters}

                                    _{erode the years of layered rock around my heart.}

_{Landing on my deserted desolate island in the cavity of my chest}

            _{we walk the beaches of my heart and watch}

                         _{the now glorious colors of what was once a sorrowful sun set disappear.}

_{You’ve gained my love, became my sister.}

_{When you asked me to follow you, you were really asking me to follow you to me.}

_Sister.