My Sister's Keeper

Two sides of the same
 coin,
 we grew up
 a decade apart,
as alike as we are different,
I see my own self in the mirror that
 my sister holds up for me
 as we live our lives in separate places,
another dimension,
another State.
She is as much a mystery as a part
 of my own flesh and bone,
 a hero,
 a glowing lamp,
 another limb.
My Sister's keeper,
 I shall be the sentry and the confidant as
 our years pass,
holding her spirit,
 her pathos and her pith sacred and whole in
 this place where I am the youngest soldier.