I curled up
Under these fading stars
Waiting for him
My brother
Bringing my needs
My survival
My life
He holds it in his palm
Delicate as a flower
Yet he makes a fist
And leaves
“To find food”
I knew it was a lie
He never came back
Never
As I wait
Under these fading stars
I know,
Far away,
He hears me
My tears
My heart
A broken drum
Out of time with life’s graceful sonata
He hears me
Cursing him
With my last words
And my first
With my last breath
And my first
Under these fading stars
I lived and died
All my breaths came and went here
But they never will again
Under these fading stars
Waiting for him
My brother
Bringing my needs
My survival
My life
He holds it in his palm
Delicate as a flower
Yet he makes a fist
And leaves
“To find food”
I knew it was a lie
He never came back
Never
As I wait
Under these fading stars
I know,
Far away,
He hears me
My tears
My heart
A broken drum
Out of time with life’s graceful sonata
He hears me
Cursing him
With my last words
And my first
With my last breath
And my first
Under these fading stars
I lived and died
All my breaths came and went here
But they never will again
