Sister

Every day, the best day ever

Is what she says with that sharp smile

Her eyes glow like nothing I’ve seen 

In my room, in the car, in the backyard 

Even when I am alone, she finds me

“Sister,” she’ll say, with that smile

She lifts me, my spirit, and encourages me 

To be kind, and to love 

And I remember that there is good

Because she is there, 

Small,

Unmarked by the world,

Pure,

She wants to be just like me

But in truth, 

Everyone needs to be a little more like her