My Sister's Birthday

Today’s my sister’s birthday.

We are 16 years apart

And very different, even if

We’d had a matching start.

 

There are 2 brothers in between;

Our family had been 5

For 10 years plus, before my sister

Even was alive.

 

And yet her smile gives her away –

It’s something we all share

And when we get together

There is laughter in the air.

 

Our tastes in many things don’t mesh –

In music, travel, food

And how we look – my hair’s gone white;

She’s blond and she’s tattooed.

 

She loves the heat and I do not;

We live in different climes.

She’s quite the chef and I don’t cook;

I spend my time on rhymes.

 

So on her birthday, I reflect

On traits we each can claim,

Though we both began our lives by sharing

Parents and a name.