Sisters! Poem by Meenal Manikantan

Hey role model, my sister
By birth you are my partner
Whenever I call for mother
You come as a preface for her

You prompt my little view
I see the world through you
That I found myself is few
What you do is fancifully new.

The pen you use I target
To get your hand perfect
The bag you throw away
I long to keep my way

The clips that pin up your hair
Itch my eyes and make me glare
Waiting for a chance to wear
Borrow the style that you fare

Wonder the words that you flaunt
Wait and use them as I want
Songs you hum always haunt
I sing them, though you taunt

All said and done, somehow
Life will just halt, move slow
Without your lustrous glow
Affection that always flow

Hold my hand for I am young
Fill me with the sense you bring
Take along the way you swing
Teach me the hymn that you sing!

Parents are a blessed blend
As they can't follow till end
They gave a sibling - friend
To hold the umbrella, God sent!