Hey there
little bro
Happy
birthday!
Although, I
suppose
Big bro
would be more apt
You were,
after all,
Born a few
seconds before
I remember
how eager
You were to
get out
To take that
first
Breath of
fresh air
And as you
left
That cord
The one that
held us together
Snapped
And blood
Oh my god
So much
blood
It spilled
everywhere
Yours
Mine
All intermingling
All wasting
All flowing
out
And as the
blood overwhelmed me
Blinded me
You began to
look different
No longer
the companion
I had known
all this time
I remember
screaming
Asking you
to stop
But somewhere
I couldn’t
stop myself
And in that
moment
I knew
things had changed
Several decades have passed, brother
And you’ve
hurt me
More than I could
have imagined
Though if
truth be told
I’m sure I’ve
done the same
No sooner than
we had taken our new breaths
Than we were
fighting over the same toys
Crying new
battle cries
All the
while
Rubbing the
scar on our sides
The one that
got ripped
When you
pulled apart
Or was it I
Who pushed
you out
The scar
that still bleeds
From time to
time
Sometimes
I look back
to the days
Before we
were born
When we were
one
Playing
Laughing
Dreaming
For a future
That had
looked a bit different
Because this
future
The one that’s
become our past
And our
present
This wasn’t
what we had dreamed of
It’s been
far too long
Living in
this hatred
And I’ll
admit
I never
understood
That ripping
us apart
Was actually
Your first breath on your own
A breath I resented
I was angry
at you for leaving
Since you tore
me in half
Angry at myself
For not
being able to stop you
But it’s
been 68 years, little bro
68 years
You realize
how long it’s been
Since we
played together
Laughed together
Dreamt together
Of a future
That’s
different from our past
And our
present
But I get it
Too much has
changed
The hurt is
too deep
I don’t ask
for love
I don’t ask
for the old days
But perhaps
An end of
the hatred
An end of
the hurt
And a moment
Where both
of us
Can wish
ourselves
A happy
birthday
And actually
mean it.
