Brother And Sister

To the outside world, we all grow old,

But not to brothers and sisters,

We know each other as we always were,

We know each other’s hearts,

We’ve shared private family jokes, We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys,

We live outside a touch of time.

Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet,

We know one another’s faults, virtues, catastrophes, mortifications, triumphs, rivalries, desires, and how long we can each hang by our hands to a bar,

We’ve been banded together under pack codes and tribal laws,

We shared parents, home, pets, celebrations, catastrophes, secrets, And the threads of our experience became so interwoven that we are linked,

I can never be utterly lonely, knowing you share the planet.

Your parents leave you too soon,

Your kids and spouse come along late,

But your siblings know you when you are in your most inchoate form,

What brothers say to tease their sisters has nothing to do with what they really think of them,

Your brother and sister, if you have them, are the brother and sister you know best,

They may not be the ones you like the best,

They may not be the most interesting,

But they are the closest and probably the clearest to you.

My brother has the best sister in the world,

You and I are brother and sister forever,

Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up,

As soon as I finish laughing,

I know it’s a cliché, but the whole family is just whacked,

I mean, we’re all out of our minds,

They’re the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I’ve ever met, my siblings.

Brothers are just born to bother sisters,

We may look old and wish the outside world,

But to each other, we are still in junior school,

Brothers and sisters separated by distance joined by love,

It leaves a smile on my face when I think of those trifling fights we used to have and then suddenly made up,

The memories may fade away with passing time but the love we share will only grow,

As your baby brother I will make belief with you,

Play dress-up with you,

Let you be a princess,

Tell stories in the dark,

And always be your friend,

As your little sister, I will build forts with you,

Shoot hoops with you,

Let you teach me to skip rocks, tell stories in the dark,

And always be your friend.

I think people that have a brother or sister don’t realize how lucky they are,

Sure, they fight a lot, but to know that there’s always somebody there, somebody that’s family,

The greatest gift our parents gave us was each other,

Sisters and brothers just happen, we don’t get to choose them,

But they become one of our most cherished relationships,

Brother and sister, together as friends, ready to face whatever life sends,

Joy and laughter or tears and strife, holding hands tightly as we dance through life.