Sister, Tell me Kindly, Tell me True

Sisters are, what sisters are
They laugh,
         they smile,
         they cry,
         they lie.
Untold secrets
         were never there.
A word was never heard,
         that they dare not share.
Stories they told
         a candle could not hold
         the tiniest flicker of a flame
         to the warmth of the love
                    of a sister.
It would die of shame,
         if it tried to compare,
         it’s light to the light
         in the eyes of a sister.
Warmth and compassion,
         a zany sense of fashion,
         with side pony tails
         little pink nails.
Do you remember
         our tethers?
Tied side by side
         no one could divide
         wherever you were
         one knew I too would be there.
Struggling hard to fly
         to carry you up to the sky.
Who could have guessed?
         You’d be the best.
         The one to soar.
Who would have known,
         I’d be the one
         left alone on the floor?
Giving is all
         I could have ever done
         to make sure that you would be the one
Try as I might,
         nothing ever compared,
         nothing that I ever dared,
         came even close to your flight.
So I sit and watch in wonder,
         at how fast and far you ran,
         learning and doing, all that you can.
Could it have been the thunder,
         that chose you in the night?
You never could have imagined as you slept
         that the thunder was giving the sight
         choosing one sister in the dark
How you’ll always outshine.
No matter how I try to be fine,
         you always leaving me feeling stark
         knowing you’ll be the one.
Try as I might,
         I’ll never win the fight.
         I can never have outdone.
How can you say that I don’t care,
         it was only you
         I always gave my due
         to you I always gave my share.
It didn’t matter if I had naught,
         Come sun, shine, or rain,
         I always tried to spare you the pain,
         more love one could not have bought.
A word I could not have thought,
         a word that could never describe,
         anything under the sky,
         a word I never, ever sought,
                   could be used in terms of me.
Nothing else could bring me to my knees,
         tell me sister, please
         that word you couldn’t thing of, when you think of me
Tell me kindly, tell me true
         It cannot have been true
         It would be the worst fate
                   that you think of me with hate.
Oh, sister dear,
         my world I have given to you
         so yours would be the life so true
                   and would never know the fear
All my days,
in all my ways,
it was all done,
         for just one.
To make you proud.
         Tell me kindly, tell me true,
         for so long have I been blue.
                   Say what you must say, say it out loud
Too long have I been kept
         watching and waiting
         keen anticipating
                   as I wept.
With you I always shared,
         I never wanted you to be blue
         Tell me kindly, tell me true
         Please, tell me that you cared
I sang to you,
         I read to you,
         Forevermore I dare
         For you to always care
As kind and gentle as a dove,
         my heartstrings you try to tug,
         like that time you pulled the rug
         But I always gave a sister’s love.
Pure, tender, and true,
         Something that can’t be undone,
         Even though you do what you’ve always done
                   Leave me in doubt like the others do.
I know I love you, so tell me sister,
         Tell me kindly, tell me true
         Is there love for me in you?