Poem for Ann

Meeting you,

riding bikes, 

camping in the backyard,

singing along to our favourite songs,

hot chocolate and cookies,

piano in the living room,

catching the bus to school.

First boyfriends,

school dances,

sneaking out to meet the boys.

Learning to drive,

house parties,

good decisions, some bad.

Off to college

moving out, moving home again.

Saying hello and goodbye to pets that were our friends.

Summer days and summer nights,

road trips and scary truckers.

Smoking cigarettes and buying drinks,

Men.

Growing up,

getting real,

making big future plans.

Traveling the world,

making new friends and letting some go,

trying to decide which path to follow.

The road before us,

to much time,

and not enough.

Close together,

far apart,

distance may grow,

but never in the heart, 

friends forever

never part.

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Anners: I hope you have a wonderful birthday and you know how much your loved and missed.

Your Birthday Sister,

Mary