Showing posts with label estrangement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label estrangement. Show all posts

Friday, October 18, 2019

OctPoWriMo 2019: Day 17: Do You Remember?

Image by Pexels from Pixabay

Do you remember when we had all our lives ahead
In times before hope was replaced by dread
Do you remember all the sunshine days
Back when life was a place to play

The best of people in the world was my brother
Over him I'd never have chosen any other
 In the times before everything turned gray
Back when life was a place to play

Your sister became someone broken within
Who had no idea how to repair her sin
Your sister still wonders if we can return one day
Back when life was a place to play

I would have chosen you as my friend regardless of blood
My love for you is real, my brother, my bud
Can we turn back although our hair's gone gray
Back when life was a place to play?

~Cie~


Notes:
My brother is four years younger than me. I was there when he was born. He made his way into the world quickly.
As children, we were very close. But time, circumstances, and misunderstandings have driven us apart, something I would not have been able to believe could happen when I was a child.
Honestly, this is rather a vulnerable point for me and I would appreciate compassion if one feels the need to say anything.

Saturday, October 24, 2015

OctPoWriMo 2015: Day 25: Nostalgia


 Rainy afternoon
 Spent playing with Lincoln Logs
 My brother and me

~Cie~

http://www.octpowrimo.com/2015/10/childhood-favorite-octpowrimo-day-25.html

Note:
It's a 5-7-5 poem, and honestly, I can't care what it should technically be called. Maybe that makes me a really shitty human being. I don't care about that either. 
I opt for the 5-7-5 form when I don't want my poem to become to maudlin. I can always do that in the notes at the bottom, and y'all can choose to skip reading that part.
My brother and I were very close as children. We are somewhat estranged at this point. That kid who loved her brother so much is saddened by this, and so I'm kind of snarky and find myself unable to care what the hell the exact name of this type of 5-7-5 poem is.