The Songs Birds Sing... Poem by Almedia Knight-Oliver

Today, the first anniversary of the day we lost you, and not
even a goodbye. The day two caged birds accepted each other.
But flight (freedom) was what one of the two had longed for.
The other to pull out the words that had pierced her heart.
All these happenings revealed the day two songbirds sang.

Yet your loss taught me many things: how to separate
hurtful words from a Being loved, known 7 decades
and 5 years until that fatal eve the unbeknown claims
exploded, and leaving a bewildered and confused family.

But with memories of 'A Tale of Two Sisters' I'm able to face
each day by remembering 1954 when together we left home. 'I'd
not long graduated high school and fresh as a wild flower in May
you'd not finished high School still' yet we headed to New York.
Happily lived a tale of two sisters till 2 years before your departure.

Too, today, I'm full of sadness that you're no longer here. And will never
hear your funny jokes, occasional expletive words, but 'Pookie' your expression
of love stands out, with your creative business traits guiding generations down
through the years…

Today Sis, Instead of weeping because you're gone, I'll sing away my grief.
Believing that I can benefit well following the ways of the songbirds when
they stop by again and tell me: maybe you lost your sister, but not the whole world-Birds and other and life forever lives.I'll listen to the songbirds sing, even if some words are pretexts. I know our our inner bond souls shall stay together forever…


July 28,2017