She was my dear little sister
Who passed away young

Nay, just nipped in the bud
By violent intervention…

Not mere tragedy it was
But an unjust severance

Of life from tender limbs
With time’s sharpened blade;

Sweet flower of innocence
Culled from a fair garden

Before she ever knew
What life meant at all;

Bliss to depart in childhood!
Go wide awake to paradise

Never knowing wickedness,
Named a star in the heavens;

Her demise was a shock!
Once smiles shined on my face

Like gradient sunlight filtering
through clouds before rain;

Always close to my heart
She meant never to part;

Pulled between two worlds I live
bearing the burden of grief.