<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=564779" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>My Brother and I.</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Falling through memory's wide open window, <br>Hitherto kept tightly closed.<br>I'm flying away into chilhood experience<br>Where, brother and I were supposed<br>To be good, while parental strife, flaring<br>Brightly, would envelope us nightly, <br>As arms flung round each other<br>We struggled to sleep, <br>Despite shouting and fighting<br>Downstairs, we said pleading prayers<br>And, always tearful goodnights.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We often cried quietly<br>Into the darkness my brother and I.<br>Orphaned from love, we grew close<br>Together, and clung to each other<br>Over the ensuing years.<br>Losing my only beautiful brother<br>To cancer has emptied and drained <br>My lonely heart, despite <br>Crying rivers of tears.<br>I reluctantly close that window again<br>But never will close on my brother, Den.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Fay+Slimm">Fay Slimm</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=564779" data-title="My Brother and I. de Fay Slimm" data-description="Falling through memory's wide open window, Hitherto kept tightly closed. I'm flying away into chilhood experience Where, brother and I were supposed To be good, while parental strife, flaring Brightly, would envelope us nightly, As arms flung ro..."></div> </div> </div>

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