Letter to the sister

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Dear Jade
You’re the one that came as a surprise
The one after me they say
‘She looks up to you’ They say
I am sorry
Sorry I’ve wrong you
Which I haven’t
I am but human
And these days
Having it wrong
Life is not what we think it is

The heart of man is wicked
And so are his ways
But I will try
Try to protect you
You are so fragile
So fragile and ignorant
It saddens me that I haven’t
Haven’t been a good enough role model
Or so I think
You won’t let me know

There is a lot
A lot I am hiding from you
So you don’t get scared
Scared of the world
The world out there
You will understand later on
But for now
Enjoy the peak of your childhood
And I pray you never
Never have to go through
The hard times I did
You are the apple of mother’s eyes
And you will be with her
When we’re not home

If only you could see life
Through my eyes
You’d understand why and how scared
So scared for you
Jade, I’ve been broken a lot
And each time
It takes determination to get up
You don’t need to go through that
So learn from me

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