My Sister Maud

I had a sister once.

Her name was Maud.

I never knew her,

never even knew of her.

No one said.

Not our father, 

or his son,

not my mother, 

no one.

No one spoke.

All were mute for Maud.

She never grew old,

never even grew up.

And her little life 

became engulfed in silence.

My father cried 

when she died,

I know it now

more than eighty years later

I know it.

When there’s no one living 

who knew her.

When there is no one left

to tell me her favourite games,

her hopes, her dreams. 

All are gone.

I know it now.

I even have a photograph

so that I can see her,

picture her as she was.

And I won’t forget her,

won’t forget that

I had a sister once.

Her name was Maud.

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