"Inheritance"

Tina Testa

I still love it when you tell me a story,

About the people you've met and the things you did,

About you, in all your glory,

I've been learning from you since I was a kid,

You taught me poker and we've shared a love for cards ever since,

And you say I've also inherited your wit and independence,

But I know that strength comes with weakness,

And it's that inheritence that I wouldn't miss,

But here we are, we're both weak and I see what it's done to you,

I'm young, I don't feel it yet but I'm sure I will too,

It's the one thing I wish we didn't have in common with each other,

I want to stop but more I want you to so someday my kids can meet their great grandmother,

And I want to stop the chain of inheritance before it reaches your grandson, my little brother,

But strength comes with weakness, We both light up another.