To All My Women

There's an inextricable bond between myself and my friends that I've never quite been able to eloquently express. Despite my adoration for the English language, I always felt that it failed me when I attempted to explain how much a part of me these women are. So it was with great joy after a long search for nothing in particular today, that I stumbled upon this poem. The most I could find was that the author is, aggravatingly, unknown, and it was found on various blogs, so I don't even want to quote a place to find the source.



I don't have a sister (or brother for that matter), so I've never fully understood the bond between them. But if the relationship between sisters I have known in my life have been indicators of a family bond, I must say I'm far closer to my sisters than any model biological siblings I've seen.



So here you have it. To my sisters...as we travel down this road of life, sometimes we walk separate paths. Know though, that my path always leads back to you. And when you need me, I'll always lead you back home. We grew together, learned together, loved together, and eventually, we lived apart. Nothing can change how I feel about you. I love you love you love you and miss you fiercely.

No matter how we have fought, we will always be sisters.
Neither marriage nor distance nor children will change
The frictional fondness, part balm and part blisters,
No dawn can diminish nor passion make strange.


Like two trees with their wrestling roots underground,
Fighting for sun while restraining the wind,
By close and protracted proximity bound,
We've been shaped by a force that no fate can rescind.


And so it's with undaunted pleasure that I
Bid farewell to a part of myself, for I know
That beyond the illusions of what, when, and why,
We'll be together wherever we go