October 26, 2019

Dedicated to my wonderful twin sisters, Jennifer and Lisa, on their birthday.  While I am not willing to give away how much older they are than me, recognize that last year's birthday was a milestone one, culminating in a party that I had to miss. This year, too, I am unable to be with them while they celebrate on a much smaller scale.

This is their gift (and I am sure they are muttering about their cheap brother and how much it would have cost to send a bottle of wine).

Party

So much we have all been party to,

The genetic pool that makes me see

Our father's face in you,

Our mother's smile coming through.

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Let go, let's go, let it go,

Let the spirits flow.

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The pain we've felt, the parting 

That breaks our hearts.

His gentleness, the calming sense,

A foundation from which we grow.

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Let's go, let go, let it all go.

Let our spirits flow.

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The talks we miss, the dazzling

Glint of intellect and necklace.

Her probing mind, chronicling pen,

And the history we had bestowed.

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Let it go, let us go, let go.

Let their spirits flow.

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As for me, I can't bring them back

Any more than I can the rings

Stolen from your rooms, or the surprise

On your faces as you descended the stairs.

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Let it all go, let it go, let's go

Let old spirits flow.

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Even now as I write and contemplate

The decades of love, 

The relentlessness of fate,

I celebrate a history to which we're party.

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Let's go, let us go, let it go,

Let our spirits flow.