Partings

My little sister left moments ago for her first posting :(. It makes me so sad, I know that our "together" time is now up. All siblings leave each other sooner or later, the time for us to part has also come. Right now she must be speeding away, away from home, away from this city and away from me. It feels so unnatural, on any other day she would have been soundly sleeping in her room, today, however her room is empty, my sister has gone.

I was 2 years old when she was born, we've spent an awful lot of time together, through the thick and the thin, have always been there for each other. A younger sibling is not a child but can come so awfully close to being like one, I have watched her try to walk on her wobbly little legs, struggle with 1+1, taught her how to spell, ride a cycle, a scooter, how to braid her hair, how to perfectly apply eyeliner,how to cuss, the list goes on........

My little sister, I wish I could find words to do justice to how I feel............how inextricably intertwined our lives are, we share a whole lot of DNA,everywhere she goes she carries a little bit of me with her, likewise everywhere I go, a bit of her will always be with me.

I have always wondered how brothers and sisters drift away from each other, how any distance can be so great as to overcome the enormous amount of affection that exists between them. I don't know what future has in store of us, I hope that we will always be tight, I hope she and I will love each other this way till the very day we breathe our last, but if that does not happen, I hope we will always remember the way we feel today, on this beautiful morning, when my sister first left home. I read somewhere that people come and go like seasons, but the Love between them lives on forever, I hope my love for her will, like a prayer, always follow her and keep her safe, smiling and happy.