Big Brother

Big Brother
By: Damon Cooper

I could see it in your eyes,
the way you sat on the couch in front
of my window. I could see
the bulge in your neck as your head
slumped backward and you had your
favorite bottle of Carlos Rossi in hand.
I knew, before the tears burned
down your face, I knew.
You had done this to me before,
had come crying to me even though
I am your younger brother,
saying you hated life and wanted peace.
You told me you loved me and that
you were sorry for hurting me.
I didn’t understand the look in
your eyes then, not even when you took
a lighter to your back and set it on fire.
Suddenly believing what you’d done,
you screamed and jumped from my window,
attempting to kill the emotions
of lost love and poverty through death.
Shadows of your body crawled across the
house as you fell to the ground.
And I cried out to you.
I never forgot. I heard you,
I saw you twitch and burn
and now you look at me with the same eyes,
but I won’t cry anymore.


This one is for you David, I'm always praying for you.

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