The watercolored memories 
Echo in my mind.
Pictures of her, my sister,
Childhood enemy and friend.

She was younger, 
yet older. 
Fierce and loyal,
My Amazon sister, my friend.

I looked up to her, my hero, 
For strength, for love.
Quietly she stood beside me,
My younger sister, a loyal friend.

Through the passing of years
Our roles change again.
She turns to me
Life-battered, in need of a friend.

I see her, my sister,
Present and past.
Like two girls, overlapping,
Both then and now.

I love her now to touch her then.
To protect the girl
Whose big-hearted love
0nce rescued me, her sister and friend.