The Sadness of Sister by Anne Sorbie

Sometimes 
the sadness  
of sister 
comes through 
the I AM space 
between my eyes 

She was such 
a soft soul 
part of me 
myself  
and I of her 

I remember 
her newborn 
daughter’s 
head as 
it crowned 

I still see  
her embracing 
my children 
enfolding them 
in her loving arms 

Now our village 
is populated  
by pestilence 
A recurring 
viral dis—ease 

that keeps her  
from me 
and her 
from the world 
of her own 
beautiful gifts

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About Anne Sorbie
​Anne Sorbie is a Scottish Canadian writer. She has published four books; the most recent is, (M)othering, an anthology she co-edited with Heidi Grogan. Her work has appeared online at CBC Books, and in Canadian magazines and journals.