Big sister on the bus beside meSits there, takes me across the roadThree changes before we get to training. Sits there, no boyfriend for company,Takes me across the road,Sits there, three buses back,Makes me laugh, loves me just becauseShe sits there. She gave meThe best day of my lifeWhen I could buy my mum a houseTo sit in. “I’m not the one you want but will I do?”My struggle was mine, but my purposeWas theirs. It went beyond me –Beyond the crosses, the passes, the goalsTo reach out to the little soulsWho hungered.