Your laughter echoes through my mind <br />As thoughts return to our past times <br />Our girls’ nights out with drink and dance <br />I laughed so hard I wet my pants! <br /> <br />Your piercing eyes of brightest green <br />Men queuing to be on the scene <br />You flashed that look and gave a smile <br />It entertained them for a while <br /> <br />Fate bought us to each other <br />When my Dad married your mother <br />I was 10, you 6 years older <br />So much brighter, so much bolder <br /> <br />We were reprimanded all the time <br />I was your partner in every crime <br />Your fault or mine it was always the same <br />You stood and giggled while we shared the blame <br /> <br />I took the call “Joanne’s dead” <br />The cause was a haemorrhage in your head <br />I hit the floor on my knees and cried <br />In disbelief – How could you have died? <br /> <br />Your future gone, your young life lost <br />You lived life to the full but at what cost <br />Life goes on, that much is true <br />But it won’t be the same without you <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />For my step-sister, Joanne Webster, who died in November 2006 of a brain haemorrhage - aged 38. <br /> <br />I miss you Jo x<br /><br />Paula Robinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/joanne-2/
