I'm not sure how old I was
when we all stopped aging

My sister,
nearly 40,
with children and a career
- not a job -
a career.
Over a decade since the last sleepover we shared,
but she's 26, to me.
She's making my birthday cake,
we play the sims 3,
and shes 26, to me.

My mother is in her 60's,
we talk on the phone and
she tells me stories I know I've heard
before,
but she's 47 to me.
She combs my hair after a bath.
We play scrabble and sit by the fire,
and she's 47, to me.

My grandad is 85,
he sits in a chair watching tv and
his knees can't carry him anymore,
but he's 70 to me.
He's working on an old car
or
letting me colour his tattoos,
and playing basketball with me,
and hes 70, to me.

I'm 26.
I'm the age my sister stopped aging.
My mum cradles me to sleep,
I'm 1 to her.
My sister holds my hand as we cross the road,
I'm 6 to her.
My grandad puts on my favourite show as I snuggle into his lap,
I'm 8 to him.
I am older than I ever thought I'd be.

Post Passing of Daddad
Revised ending

My grandad has passed.
His ashes are with my mum,
his jumper on the back of my chair,
but he's 70 to me.
He's working on an old car
or
letting me colour his tattoos,
and playing basketball with me,
and hes 70, to me.

I'm 26.
I'm the age my sister stopped aging.
My mum cradles me to sleep,
I'm 1 to her.
My sister holds my hand as we cross the road,
I'm 6 to her.
My grandad puts on my favourite show as I snuggle into his lap,
I was 8 to him.
I am older than I ever thought I'd be.