My Sister, Cheryl

My Sister, Cheryl

© 1991 by Bud Lemire

Sibling rivalry comes to mind, but that was long ago

We were only children then, and needed time to grow

As time went on, we went our separate way

But I still remember those times, almost every day

Do you remember Friskie, the white dog from next door?

Or the visits to Aunt Olive's camp, upon the Dead River shore?

Then you got Barney, I remember him real well

He growled a lot, kept to himself, I cried the day he fell

Waiting for a phone call, this one is my friend

Your fingernails grew long, I hope that I will mend

You liked to sleep in, I heard that you still do

Trying to wake you, but could get no reaction from you

Moving to Two Rivers, your first move away

Then you moved in the direction of Clyde and of Jay

Terra was born, she was the first child that you had

Then you married Steve Fleming who became her Dad

Looking back, on those early days gone by

Makes you realize, how quickly time does fly

Although our lives are different, this much will be true

You'll always be my sister, no matter what you do

Cheryl never liked this poem I wrote about her,

yet it was the truth, and it is in my memories