Requiem For A Unicorn
Posted: 17 Jan 2022, 14:20
The elders say a dead man went
missing from a cave, and that's
why there is a place with no more
sickness, fear, want or pain.
My brother put his back into
his faith, living what he believed,
traveling to other countries
building schools, hospitals,
digging wells and planting crops.
He sent photos of children
skinny but always smiling.
When we were kids, we beat hell
out of each other, but no one else
better so much as lay a finger.
The time our father fell away
for awhile and we stopped church
as a family, my little brother ironed
his own shirt and went alone.
My brother is up there
with a bush axe and hoe,
clearing me off a little plot
next to him,
to keep an eye out.
missing from a cave, and that's
why there is a place with no more
sickness, fear, want or pain.
My brother put his back into
his faith, living what he believed,
traveling to other countries
building schools, hospitals,
digging wells and planting crops.
He sent photos of children
skinny but always smiling.
When we were kids, we beat hell
out of each other, but no one else
better so much as lay a finger.
The time our father fell away
for awhile and we stopped church
as a family, my little brother ironed
his own shirt and went alone.
My brother is up there
with a bush axe and hoe,
clearing me off a little plot
next to him,
to keep an eye out.