To My Sister
Sanaa -
May 23, 2018
Earlier PoemsPoetry

While gazing upon the hope strewn sky
I think of you,
While observing a dandelion sun rising
I think of you,
To the world we may seem different but
in truth we’re one
mirroring each other’s differences shine
like a diamond in the rough.

To the bridges of yesterday come wave
goodbye, believe woe is a ghostly echo
which will grow weary with time.

As drops of warming rain lace the wind
I think of you,
While watching lone tulip raise its head
I think of you,
As surge of a moon-blanched ocean is
both chaos and calm,
remember courage is setting foot upon
a route to the unknown,

and sometimes it’s best to counsel with
our hearts alone.

 

Photo credits: Jolygram

To my sister on her birthday in June ❤️

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56 Responses

  1. Thotpurge says:
    May 23, 2018 at 7:29 pm

    To the bridges of yesterday, come wave goodbye… that’s so poignant Sanaa…

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  2. Cara O' Donoghue says:
    May 23, 2018 at 8:04 pm

    This is beautiful! I can feel the intense love and bond in your words. 💙

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  3. Cressida says:
    May 23, 2018 at 9:03 pm

    This poem expresses your love for your sister. Beautiful.

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  4. Magical Mystical Teacher says:
    May 23, 2018 at 9:18 pm

    To think of someone when seeing a flower or a cloud in the sky is a high tribute indeed.

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  5. Vivian Zems says:
    May 23, 2018 at 9:26 pm

    A beautiful tribute… she’s lucky to have you!

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  6. Sumana Roy says:
    May 23, 2018 at 10:02 pm

    I love this sisterly love and longing! Wish I had a sister too. Sigh…..Beautifully put Sanaa.

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  7. Annell Livingston says:
    May 23, 2018 at 10:11 pm

    Sisters can be the best, and of course the opposite, when least expected. Their attacks can be deadly…

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  8. Daniella Moyles says:
    May 23, 2018 at 10:35 pm

    ‘As surge of a moon-blanched ocean is
    both chaos and calm’

    Gosh this is just stunning!

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  9. gillena says:
    May 23, 2018 at 11:24 pm

    A beautiful tribute Sanaa

    This stanza i luv for its maturity and wisdom

    “To the bridges of yesterday come wave
    goodbye, believe woe is a ghostly echo
    which will grow weary with time.”

    much love…

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  10. Susan says:
    May 23, 2018 at 11:30 pm

    So good! the dandelions rising and the tulips lifting their heads, so the appreciation of a sister grows. I haven’t any sisters, but I’m beginning, now that we’re past the midpoints of our lives, to experience this appreciation with my older brother.

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  11. Sherry Blue Sky says:
    May 24, 2018 at 1:08 am

    What a lovely tribute to your sister. I especially love the lines “Remember courage is setting foot upon a route to the unknown” and keeping counsel with oneself…………lovely, Sanaa.

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  12. Chris Evans says:
    May 24, 2018 at 1:42 am

    The bond you share with your sister shines through in this poem. Excellent tribute.

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  13. Myrna says:
    May 24, 2018 at 4:12 am

    Lovely, how you write of your sister., how you appreciate and love her and are sad to be apart.

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  14. Kim M. Russell says:
    May 24, 2018 at 3:22 pm

    A lovely tribute to your sister, Sanaa, and I like the way ‘I think of you’ is a thread weaving the lines together. I especially love the lines:
    ‘To the bridges of yesterday come wave
    goodbye, believe woe is a ghostly echo
    which will grow weary with time’
    and
    ‘remember courage is setting foot upon
    a route to the unknown,
    and sometimes it’s best to counsel with
    our hearts alone’.

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  15. Sameera Chaudhary says:
    May 25, 2018 at 4:40 pm

    Exquisite write! A perfect gift for your sister on her birthday! 😀

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  16. Jinksy says:
    June 26, 2018 at 6:04 pm

    Words and picture for a glorious whole…♥

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  17. HA says:
    June 26, 2018 at 7:28 pm

    Ah, this is so beautiful in its repository of the unnamed feelings and their manifestation. All it takes is for the hearts’ counsel to prevail, in order to realize the love that exists and persists despite all the odds. I really like the way you create these images, like always. 🙂

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  18. Old Egg says:
    June 26, 2018 at 8:38 pm

    Curiously sisters I have know including my wife and hers were as close as can be . However with my brother and I it was completely differerent for he didn’t care for me at all and was quite a bully. My daughters too have a sisterly bond and I am so glad to see that. What a beautiful poem about that attachment Sanaa.

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  19. Magaly Guerrero says:
    June 26, 2018 at 8:40 pm

    This is a gentle explosion. I really like the soothing tones, and every line that tells this other person, “You are always in my mind and you are an influence.” But I adore, just love, the ending. Because I believe in that–yes, it is wonderful to count on one another, to celebrate how our differences make us better, bring us closer, but… we should never (not ever!) forget that every now and again, we must take some time to be with ourselves, and walk the world holding our own hand until we know it well.

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  20. Kerry says:
    June 26, 2018 at 8:45 pm

    a dandelion sun.. what an awesome image that is!

    Your poem made me think of my daughters, the sisters, so different yet so true to one another in so many gentle and decisive ways.

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  21. Jim says:
    June 26, 2018 at 11:08 pm

    My sister and aren’t really parted except by geography. She came here to Houston and we spent a couple of afternoons together.
    But it is with a couple of ex roommates that your write describes. On I’ve totally lost track of, even his parents, years and years ago. But he hasn’t left my life.
    The other, we’ve kept track. He was best man 45 years ago when Mrs. Jim and I married. He texted this morning. He plans to attend our monthly retirement luncheon. I might go, I should.
    Your final lines are sooo fitting:
    “remember courage is setting foot upon
    a route to the unknown,
    and sometimes it’s best to counsel with
    our hearts alone.:
    ..

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  22. Sherry Blue Sky says:
    June 27, 2018 at 2:19 am

    “Courage is setting foot upon a route to the unknown”. That it is. Beautiful imagery in your poem, Sanaa.

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  23. Bjorn Rudberg says:
    June 27, 2018 at 4:02 am

    So many lovely images that describe the thoughts of your sister

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  24. kanzensakura says:
    June 27, 2018 at 6:33 am

    The last two lines say it all.

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  25. Carrie Van Horn says:
    June 27, 2018 at 6:42 am

    A beautiful relationship, a beautiful poem Sanaa! Sisters do have a deep connection.

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  26. Frank J. Tassone says:
    June 27, 2018 at 7:54 am

    Poignant and evocative! I love that repetition of “I think of you”!

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  27. Vandana Sharma says:
    June 27, 2018 at 1:10 pm

    Sweet dedication!

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  28. Priscilla King says:
    June 28, 2018 at 2:03 am

    Nice sisterly thoughts!

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