TO JAMES, WITH LOVE

In A Thanksgiving Daydream

The Girl Child Came...

 

The Most Adorable Babe

With Androgynous Name...

 

The Child That Loved

Without Condition Or Shame...

 

The Sister Of Mine

That I've Always Called James.

 

My Childhood Dark -

It Was Brightened By Her...

 

But The Best Of Our Times

Have Yet To Occur...

 

For The Child That Accepted Me

Right From The Start...

 

The Sister That Held Me

When I Fell Apart...

 

That Barefooted Child

In Summertime's End...

 

Only Now That We've Grown

Have We Now Become Friends.

 

I Recognize This

And I Treasure It Dearly...

 

In The Time That We Share

I Can See It So Clearly...

 

That We Have A Bond

That No Razor Can Sever...

 

She's Part Of My Life -

And I'll Love Her Forever...

 

She's A Force Of My Nature...

I Will Respect And Assist Her...

 

She Is Her Father's Daughter -

But She Is This Brother's Sister.

© OCTOBER 5, 1999 By Jason Wright

 

-FOR JAMIE "JAMES" LAVERNE CANELL-

JANICE AND I ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS

A SISTER AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW

THAT WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH, AND THAT I'M VERY

GRATEFUL FOR YOUR OPEN MIND & UNPREJUDICED LOVE.

LOVE ALWAYS - YOUR BIG BROTHER - - - - JASON.