There we were – little girls, you and I
Both shared a sadness we could not understand
I was five and you were nine –

Nose to nose, forehead to forehead,
arms wrapped around one another in that little twin bed –
all we knew—
People said our daddy was dead

What is that? I said
You answered I don’t know
But I think it means –
We will see him no more

There we were – big girls, you and I
Both shared a sadness we could not understand
Many years older, you and I
Nose to nose, forehead to forehead,
arms wrapped around one another in that hospital bed –
All we knew –
You are leaving

What is that? I said
You answered I don’t know
But I think it means –
You will see me no more.

Here I am – a big girl, just I


LBergman