My Sister by Connie Bensley

My Sister
by Connie Bensley

She was the first to hold her own spoon
the first to amuse the uncles
the first to wear the pink tulle dress.

She was the first to get a Valentine
a wedding bouquet
a child.

She was the first to have a fur coat
the first to sit on a committee
the first to say no to mother.

She was the first to have a bad prognosis
a walking frame
a hired nurse.

She is the first to have a coffin.

At last we draw level