sister

giggles erupt
the room recycles
paint-fumes and the
art of conversation.
brush strokes across canvas,
thick colours,
blending like the
blood we share.
relating on
paper and in life.
sister, youthful semblence
of me
yet completely her own.
sipping cups of tea we
simmer and steep,
deep, confiding,
letting the paint dry.
a picture-perfect hour.