Friday, May 8, 2020

Brother ~ Friday, 8 May 2020

To speak ill of the dead is wrong they say, 
even when the dead beat their frustration, 
rage and anger into a child, their son, 
especially when the dead man's father 
not only passed away when the dead man 
changed from a boy himself to an adult, 
ever looking ahead, never within. 

Exceptions to the rule occur by choice, 
proving the rule applies to all cases, 
if not the exception, for the fulcrum 
provides a point of power to pivot 
heft of load with effort antagonist, 
as a person takes center stage, their role 
neither augments nor diminishes sound, 
if the audience cannot hear a voice, 
of course, no one holds them accountable.  

Deceased or not, our father loved you more, 
and in a better way with due respect. 

Cast me aside, throw me out of our home, 
understandable, as I lost my mind, 
not to a doctor did you offer help, 
homeless, living off kindness of strangers 
as my mind disintegrated to dust. 

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