'The New Arrival'

In my Grandmas house

A fairys palace beside the woods

My favourite place to be

We all wait for the news

Where I pray each night

For a sister

 

When the phone rings

Everyone scrambles towards it

I pick up the receiver

To a soft gentle voice

A familar sound - my mother

I hold my breath my heart is beating

To the news that a baby girl has been born

I am her big sister

 

Aine Kearney