An Homage to sisterhood

My heart thwarts out to you, my hope.
Eight long and joyous years--four of them spent apart-- in which we have used the word "friend" to describe our relationship; but the word "friend" doesn't work for us anymore. "Family" does.

I have six sisters, two by blood, four by rapport whom I love and adore
Six sisters who I would take a bullet for suck out the poison on any wretched bite
Six sisters who I would travel to the ends of the earth to hug to care to kick the ass of the bastard who broke their heart or plot revenge on anyone who would hurt them

Four sisters I have who would do for me as I would for them
Four sisters who define loyalty heart soul beauty greatness everything we dream of
Four sisters who greet me with a kiss/without swords or arms

Four sisters with their own individual talents:

Adriana with her artful hand that can outdo photoshop who walks in beauty with her hair up
Adri with her wild wit her bold humour her kind caring ways who used to be silent and seemed in a daze
Dri dri with her silent wit and numerous talents, whom I envy b/c she is good at EVERYTHING
My Aya Aya, my moldy Ass, with her heart that wraps around you after weeks of separation
And pinches my cheeks as if I were five
Will make millions via Manga via her right hand

Elizabeth, Lizzie pie, Lizard Boo, or Tori as we often say
is the most loved of all with her sweet and charming ways
She greets friends and new acquaintances with childish excitement, a hug, and a kiss
and welcomes welcomes all into her house, her heart, her soul.
She is the only human with a heart of solid gold and a soul that is deeper than the darkest abyss
She will feed the hungry and clothe the naked and home those without a home
And when you leave her, she always bids you well: safety, more hugs, and sometimes food
And that doesn't even scratch the surface to how AMAZING she really is

My Angie, my Jan-gee who always talks about porn-- but never looks-- loves in Latina
Like my Liz always hugs always listens always lovesunconditionally
Stays honest about herself her life others and more
Makes the best Tamales and Tacos el Pastor one could ever eat-- Jalisco style-- droooool
Listens when your heart breaks in two because of a boy or because of life's own heartbreaks
who will then take you into her car to sing QUEEN to sing JOURNEY and best of all BIG BALLS
Will get you tanked on the weekend and then continue to excel
Will one day be one of the greatest scientists ever known to humankind
And best of all, I get to say that she is my kinship, she is mine ASTOUNDING

My Courtenay, my Kori, my faraway heart my paradox
full of piss, vinegar, praise, and the same filthy mind as me-- SHE IS A CARBON COPY
Challenges life as she sees fit-- and don't challenge her five feet-- she'll kick you ass and make you regret it later
While something to be loved, she is something to be feared but also someone to love greatly
The most caring the lost loyal with the naughtiest sense of humour you could ever see
An obsession with all things witchcraft all things love all things tantra all things Japanese; NIGHTWISH AND SAKE AND TAROT GALORE
Beauty packed down into five feet and one inch; Intelligence packed into beauty; devotion packed into her own image, her own mischeiviousity.

But to know how we love, one must understand how the five of us love; one must become us.

Two sisters I have by blood, two sisters who feel more distant than friends
Two sisters who, despite emotional distance, will defend their blood with all their vigor (as will I)

Four sisters I have thanks to that fucking school
Four sisters I have for life, four sisters who will always stay true
Four maids of honor I have-- it'll be a bitch to decide when one day I become a bride
Six sisters I have foreverandever; Six degrees of hope for this world:

- One an artist
- One a poet/author
- One a scientist
- One an accountant
- One a psychologist
- One a nurse

Six degrees of hope bound by caring blood and love.