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My Beautiful Sister

Merry Christmas, 2025

By Celia OlsonPublished 10 months ago • 1 min read
My Beautiful Sister
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To my beautiful sister

Don’t use my words against me

I only meant that I wish I cared

I just wanted to be free

This family never understood me

It was just too hard

So, my beautiful sister

Why don’t you try to clean up the mess

After all, that’s what you do best

And you do it so well

I don’t know why I did what I did

It wasn’t out of love

There was never any love

I assigned myself a duty

And I needed to obey

Oh, my beautiful sister

I’ve made a fool of you, haven’t I?

But I’ll never truly see

That the only fool here

Was always really me

Yes, my beautiful sister

It’ll all be alright, won’t it?

You’ll all forgive me, I’m sure

When I decide

I’m ready to come back

But only when she lets me

When I decide

I’ll decide, my beautiful sister

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About the Creator

Celia Olson

A bit of a stream of consciousness here. All things self-growth, discovery and improvement.

Aspiring musician, amateur author.

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    Written by Celia Olson