Sisters are Forever

Irritating to no end

You sing every Disney song

That pops into your head

You act like the preschoolers you teach

I still remember when you were dumb enough

To mix chemicals with bleach

(last year)

You quit everything you ever tried

—Dance, Cheerleading, Guitar, everything

You can never make up your mind

And always ask me to make it up for you

You can’t paint

No matter how hard you try

(And you need to stop tying)

You can’t do anything on your own

(Even if your life depended on it)

You whine more than a child

And half the time I wish you would leave me alone

(Because I can’t stand you)

You love everything I hate

And I hate everything you love

We’re exact opposites

You love things messy and disorganized

I don’t

You love sleeping in ‘til 4 pm

Ad doing nothing all day

And starting yelling matches with everyone

And singing every song you teach your preschoolers

I can’t stand it

And by some tragic mistake

We’re sisters

But by some unlikely chance

We’re best friends

You give me all your books and old clothes

You try to seem smart

And try to help with my homework

Then give up

Whatever you don’t know, I do

And whatever I don’t know, you do

We can share a look

And know exactly what the other is thinking

We reminisce on old childhood TV shows on Netflix

At 3 in the morning

And have random midnight conversations

That make no sense, but all the sense in the world

We talk in Taylor Swift songs

And somehow still keep up with the conversation

The kitchen counter is our homework oasis

Where I drink hot chocolate

And you drink French Vanilla and Cinnamon coffee

And for a brief moment—

We’re friends

Locked in a glare battle that means I love you

Then you start singing again

And I hate you

Forced to be together always

Because “Sisters are forever”

(As Mum always says)

We hated each other

—Our entire childhood

Locked in constant battles

Of yelling and loads of trouble

And you would always tell me

To go “Jump off a step stool”

Or to “back up the load and dump it somewhere else”

But of course our battles never lasted more than a day

And most of our days were filled with laughter

And our childhood memories of

Riding our bikes off a piece wood we found

And put on an empty soda can,

Making up stories about that creepy house in our neighborhood,

And rounding up all the kids in the neighborhood to play

Well they were pretty good memories

And no matter how many times

The Navy restationed Dad

I always had a friend

—A best friend

And we may never speak it verbally

And claim we hate each other for life

But we both know

Those 3 words never need to be spoken

And if you song “Do you want to build a snowman” one more time

They never will