Sister ~ for my dying friend and other children

A child sick,  sister 
Swings from the moon 
Slides all the way down 
Falls into the street 
Just like you and 
Just like me 

Don't be frightened child 
That death is here 
Our passing is not evil 
Merely here to take you away 
Say goodbye to mother 
Say goodbye to father 

Your sister, she is left behind 
How we weep for you 
Your old bed a shrine 
And your old shoes are so still 
In the passageway 
For in your tired shadow we stand 

Now that you are gone 
I can no longer breathe, for 
Your purple dress is waiting, 
Hanging just where your left it 
And I am simply crushed 
Into your creased heart 

There you go sister 
Into a coffin bound for dust 
And my heart is in there with you 
Hanging just where your left it 
And I am you,  
Dead 

And I say to God
Why did you let sister die 
Was it something I did,  
The day that I lied to you perhaps? 
And punished, punished I was 
Into her suffering, I suffer too 

A child sick 
She is free now 
My heart jerks each time 
I think of you sister 
In your purple dress 
And I am simply crushed