The Wall between our Love

by Kate B.

September 8, 2025

I want to tell them I love them

That I want to hug them

To hold them

To just convey the message about what they mean to me

But there’s something holding me back

It tears up my soul

Almost like a heart attack

I just get mad

And mader

And madder

Every little thing they do sets off a bomb inside my head

Will they ever know I think they matter?

Will my brothers ever know I love them?

Or will they leave home and never look back at me?

Have it always be awkward at dinner when we see each other again?

Our parents are sick of our fighting

The yelling

The arguing

Something just takes over me

I’m just looking through the glass as my body does things I can’t control

I’m screaming pounding on the glass but I’m unheard

I try so hard not to fight with them

But I just can’t stop

I don’t know how

I try to but it’s too hard

So hard that I don’t even know if my brothers know I love them.

I would die for them

Yet I yell at every little thing they do.

I would fight, and die fighting for any one of them.

Yet all I do is fight with them.

I can’t stop it

It’s a full speed train with the breaks cut.

Crashing into things,

Falling of the track.

Yet I will try

And if my brothers are listening,

Know that I’m sorry

Thanks for putting up with me,

And just know that I love you.

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