Brother

Interally screaming, I see my brother take his last breath.

Unable to move I stare.

His skin has gone cold, sobs are heard as if from a distance.

Darker the room becomes, even with the pircing hospital light,

I can't see.

Closing my eyes, haunted by the sight, my brother who I love is now gone.

Time moves on, nightmares still lurk in my dreams. 

Death is nothing more than eternal slumber that everyone faces

Isolation in a crowd has become my blanket.

New friend are made, but connections are weak.

It is time to make a change.

The walls of fear are broken down only when I begin to talk

Acceptance, loss is a part of life.

Opening my heart to friends and family,

I slowly break the dread 

I had lost more when I shut myself off

Only by building connections despite the inevitable

do I finally feel free.

Shackled by the fear of loss and loneliness,

was only freed by friends and family.