She carries the light <br />From her sisters life, <br />Most trusted and solemn gift. <br />Contract without conditions <br />From days when sharing grew, <br />When on each relied <br />And lives entwined, <br />As one a stronger two. <br />To pain and joy each privy <br />Secrets and frivolity, <br />To dreams projected <br />So far afield, <br />Fascination and infatuation <br />Each a shield to unrequited love. <br />A shelter to privation <br />Partners in subtle feast, <br />Critics savage of each other <br />Inseparable in battle, <br />Fashionista's to the front <br />Sacrifice of innocents. <br />Clarity in philosophy <br />Of far projected dreams, <br />Secrets of love and war <br />In nerve and fibre set, <br />Absent light shines brightest <br />From her being yet. <br /><br />Danny Draper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/she-carries-the-light-for-karen-deeks-11-3-2012/
