You are My Brother, My Sister by Carolyn S. Mahnke
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You are My Brother, My Sister
You are my sister. My prayer is that you
will always share the self we are, alone and together.
My brother, you are my umbrella. When circumstance
rains bitterly, I am the self-worth pillow that
validates the meaning of our existence.
I blossom in the pollen of your trust and bear fruit
because you are with me in this mystery of life.
It is perfectly okay to hate or love a floating vision.
Brother, sister, parent, child of mine,
why argue over land? Or power? Or religion?
We enter or leave each precious hour, hand over
hand and naked. We possess neither earth nor
the air, as we share the blessing of creation.
We are sisters and brothers, walking,
aware that life is brief and love’s a blessing.
We are both prayers of and for the rest of
humanity, each with the other. AMEN
© Carolyn S. Mahnke
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| Carolyn S. Mahnke |
Carolyn Mahnke is a registered nurse and retired Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, living in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She loves gardening, mothering, “grand mothering”, quilting, walking, swimming, and writing. She has written and published four poetry books: Howl at the Moon and Tell Outrageous Truth, Howl from the Center of Being, Howling from Senior Moments, and Second Story View. She enters her 80th decade with energy and enthusiasm, nourished and encouraged by friends and family, especially by Nadia Colburn’s online writing community.
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