Sarah Parrish

MY LITTLE SISTER

I wish that there could have been a way

For me to not have let you down

That I owned the only heart that broke

When I went crashing to the ground.

I wish that you had not invested

All your little faiths in me

That there was someone else around

That was the one you wanted to be.

I wish you hadn’t bought my shoes

Laced your skates up just like me

Painted yourself a different color

So you wouldn’t have the blue to see.

You didn’t know that I was still growing

Young and naive, just like you

That I was just as easily broken

That my dreams could be shattered too.

So in your awkward shoes you sit

And you do not know what to do

If the big girl couldn’t do it

Now you wonder, how can you?

So I am sorry I let you down

I’m sorry if your hopes are crossed

And I hope that following in my footsteps

Hasn’t made you

very lost.