I'm Glad You Are My Sister

Have I ever told you
how glad I am 
that you're my sister?
I'm telling you now
because I want you to know
how very important 
        you are to me
and just how much love
        there is for you 
             deep within my heart.
                    - Deanne Laura Gilbert

This poem is part of a longer one from the book, 'I'm Glad You Are My Sister; a Blue Mountain Arts Collection (2000), that A gave to her sister B.  Ex Libris CNB 1427.