MY TRIBUTE TO MY ''SIS''
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HOW DO I START TO EXPRESS HOW I FEEL
THERE IS SOMEONE IN MY LIFE THAT'S SO REAL.
HER PRESENCE I HAVE FELT, BUT NEVER SEEN.
ONLY PHOTOGRAPHS OF HOW LOVELY SHE GLEAMS.
TO THE BEST OF MY MEMORY, IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT
WHEN I ON MY COMPUTER ARRIVED AT A SITE.
REQUESTS OF PRAYER WERE BEING PUT ON LINE
MY EYES SEEMED TO BE DRAWN TO THIS PARTICULAR KIND
I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE, WE HAD A NEED SO ALIKE,
THAT I FELT LED NOT ONLY TO PRAY, BUT TO WRITE.
HERE I WAS POURING OUT MY HEART TO ONE UNKNOWN
ABOUT OUR PROBLEMS AND HOW SHE WAS NOT ALONE.
SEVERAL DAYS, SLIPPED BY AND NO RESPONSE CAME.
I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WELL MAYBE I WAS TO BLAME
AND THEN ONE DAY OUT OF THE BLUE, I SAW COME IN
HER NAME I SPIED AND QUICKLY OPENED TO A POEM SHE PENNED.
BUT NOT REALLY TO ME, IT SEEMED I WAS ON A MAILING LIST.
SO I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, DID I SIGN UP, WHAT IS THIS?
THIS WENT ON FOR QUITE A WHILE, ONE OR TWO A WEEK,
NEVER A NOTE, NOT A WORD, CAN'T THIS WOMAN SPEAK?
WITH EVERYONE I POLITELY REPLIED, THANK YOU AND SEND MORE.
WHICH OF COURSE SHE ALWAYS DID, I HAVE LOTS TO STORE.
I FINALLY, PRINTED EACH ONE AND STARTED A FILE.
WHICH BY TODAY IS QUITE A STOCKPILE.
SO FINALLY ONE DAY JUST OUT OF THE BLUE, I GET THIS THANK YOU!
WELL, ALAS, SHE DOES EXIST AND I WAS HAPPY SHE KNEW.
THAT I WAS JUST A COUNTRY GIRL, WHO WANTED TO BE HER FRIEND
I WAS SO PROUD THAT AFTER THAT DAY, OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER ENDS.
SHE'S SUCH AN ANGEL WITH LOTS OF LOVE AND LIVES SO FAR AWAY.
WE TALKED A LOT ON MESSENGER, AUDIO, SO WE CAN HEAR WHAT WE SAY,
SHE'S NOT BEEN WELL IN A VERY LONG TIME, AND NOT UP TO OUR DAILY CHATS.
I TRULY MISS MY DEAREST FRIEND AND WISH I WAS WHERE SHE'S AT.
SHE LIVES AWAY UP NORTH WHERE SNOW HAS JUST SINCE GONE.
WE STILL WRITE AND LOVE EACH OTHER MY “SIS” IN NEWFOUNDLAND
SHE HAS A NAME THAT'S VERY WELL KNOWN AMONG THE POET SET,
AND I'M BLESSED TO KNOW YOU, ANN HART, STILL SWEETER YET.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW AS LONG AS I LIVE, I'LL NEVER FORGET THE DAY,
THAT YOU SENT ME JUST A LITTLE THANK YOU, IN YOUR SPECIAL WAY.
I PRAY EACH DAY THAT GOD WILL SEND YOU COMFORT AND EASE.
FOR YOU ARE SO LOVE BY SO MANY, WHO YOU HAVE PLEASED.
MY HEART ACHES SOMETIMES FOR YOU UNTIL I FEAR IT WILL BREAK
CAUSE IF I COULD DO JUST ONE THING, YOUR PAIN I WOULD TAKE.
SO YOU COULD LIVE SOME CAREFREE DAYS OF BLISS,
I WOULD DO THIS, REALLY, BECAUSE I LOVE YOU SIS ! ! ! !
WRITTEN BY SHIRLEY BARR
MAY 26, 2004
DEDICATED TO MY BESTEST
FRIEND IN THE WORLD!!!
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