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Siblings at war
By punchy
08 April 2008


Snatching and hitting and violent tongues
The sisters they battle with spite
Pinching and kicking the tearing of skin
A powerful hissy fit fight
 
Under the hate there must be some love
For underneath anger is pain
How can we outwit the siblings at war
Or is their performance a game
 
For every tear a reaction achieved
Attention and blame are returned
But is this preparing for what is to come
 The lessons of life being learned

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Written by Fledermaus (3238 comments posted) 8th April 2008
Ah, but isn't that the great thing about siblings? They can fight furiously, but it will always be all right in the end. They are (or at least should be) there for each other unconditionally, simply because they will always be siblings, wether they like it or not. 
 
An enjoyable poem that somehow made me think of kittens fighting each other, apparently learning for later :grin

Written by Josie (2732 comments posted) 8th April 2008
Ha ha - I think you can say that it certainly is. My grandchildren are: Jessica 4 in June and Daniel 18 months younger, and oh my! Do they fight? Jessica thinks she is his Mum and refers to him sometimes as her little boy. So as mother takes away from him dangerous things that boys love to get at, she takes away most things from him, but how he screams! It was the same with my brother and me too. Quite normal. It's not classed as hate though. It's love.

Written by punchy (493 comments posted) 8th April 2008
I Thankyou for your reviews, Spring break and my eldest gets the occasional urge to torture her baby sis and it is heart breaking.( I say baby they are 8 and 4). It is driving me CRAZY x

Written by JWallendas (5 comments posted) 9th April 2008
this would make great lyrics for a song as long as it didn't sound too peter gabrielesk.sort your grammar out

Written by punchy (493 comments posted) 9th April 2008
Thanks, I wouldn't let Peter Gabriel near my lyrics anyway he's so old hat!  
Enough about the grammar, at least I use capital letters and don't make words up "peter gabrielesk". Toss pot :grin

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