Sisters

Together.
You and I
e'er since
the dawn of time.
Forever.
I am yours.
Always.
You are mine.
Blood lines
are inconstant.
Genders, they reverse.
In some lives
I am the eldest.
In others,
you're the first.
My allegiance
will not falter.
On your side
I'll ever be.
Love stands
as reassurance.
Mine for you.
Yours for me.
My loss
would be complete
and I, beyond repair,
should I find
I need a hand
to hold
and my sister's
not be there.

Adrift

Cast adrift

Unwanted

Drowning
in
the melancholy
waves of my
despair

I choke

on each attempt
to breathe
your fluid lies

Sputtering my
disbelief

Gasping from
the force with which

you
deliver
your
imagined truth

Pain

steals

each

hard

won

breath

as I fight
to keep afloat

Struggling

against the current
of your
contradictions

Faith,
my weakness

My beilief
eternal

Grasping
at the anchor
of you

Your worn steel
abrades me

Betrays me

Pulls me down

Your safety,
my demise.