SISTERS
BY JADE MORAN
Sisters by Jade Moran
Whence along to-morrow
may sisterly affairs be told?
Eagerly plotted fortunes,
planned amongst the marigolds.
Amidst their daily outing,
underneath a chestnut tree,
“Mei, we must be off now,”
Said the eldest, Mari-lee.
They linked their arms with hast,
and skip they surely did.
Through the winding forest,
they ducked and quickly dipped.
Skipping came to an end,
as they both breathed in.
“Chicken stew!” Mei said.
“Quick, we must go in.”
Mother turned as she heard
two panting girls who’d just returned.
“How near I was to beckon now.
Supper’s done, I insist sit down!”
Whence along to-morrow
may bring upon its shores?
Two lovers for two sisters,
and marriage furthermore.
A masquerade type love affair,
conducted through mere letters.
Two girls in love with strangers,
two girls just young and fair.
The girls they ran so far away
to meet the men they’d penned.
Through the darkness of the night
asleep in bed they did pretend.
They saw the silhouette of two
who sat along the bay,
the simple thought of romance
whisked all their nerves away.
Closer than they’d been before,
the girls could barely see.
Moonlight shone upon their face
and stripped the girls of all such glee.
The appearance of both men
was not what had been said.
Instead of handsome youthfulness,
they all but seemed half-dead.
Two decrepit figures stood
with ghastly drooping skin.
Hollow eyed and grey in colour,
the men were old and grim.
Whence along to-morrow
may whispers start their sprawl?
Two fair missing sisters,
who were now in bitter thrall