I am My Sister's Keeper by Batsirai E Chigama

Let me
rise by bending over
to pick another
sister
fallen
Let me be
the one on a chicken bus
to give the woman with a child on her back
my seat
because i know with no doubt
her mother like my own
taught her the same
that if she finds me in her place
she would do the same for me
Let me be silent
in the face of adversity
yet speak my peace quietly
teaching the next sister
to speak with love
and repremand with the same
let me rise
by bending over
to pick another sister
fallen
without pomp or fanfare
purely reaching out
to the woman in me
Let me be
my sister's keeper
not to be remembered
by mere words spoken
but by every life my life touched
by every sore my hand touched and soothed
let me
let me be my sister's keeper
because I am.