Although we have spent all this time apart, <br />Please know that you’ve had a place in my heart. <br />A girl of fifteen you were when I saw you last – <br />That means an absence of 23 years, now in our past. <br />There is so much that we ought to have shared, <br />I could have showed you how much I really cared. <br />Were you ever lonely, scared or sad? <br />Could I have been the one to dispel the bad? <br />Big sisters are supposed to keep bad dreams at bay, <br />Big sisters are also supposed to stay. <br />You met the man of your dreams and fell in love, <br />You got married and now have a baby dove. <br />Yes, I have a niece that I don’t even know, <br />How could I have been so silly and so slow? <br />We have so much to catch up on and to share, <br />And Mandy-Lee, from now on, I promise, <br />I will always be there. <br />xxx<br /><br />Lisa Pringle<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/for-mandy-lee/
