Tom Wright Poet Free verse

Death of a Brother

Death of a Brother
Written: by Tom Wright
March 2015

His sun slipped below the horizon,
Leaving naught but an achromatic sky,

As thoughts submerged in time before, 
Once abeyant, now dance;

The voice of one since passed,
Drums my ears like Sage Hens at sunset;

While I press to remember cheerier times,
Of days replete with laughter,
My thoughts continue, draped in regret.

Attention being ever focused,
On where we were, not where he is.

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Jan Allison March 6, 2015 at 3:24 PM Tom I'm so sorry for you loss of your brother. I too am in this situation having only recently lost my father. The final couplet is oh so poignant:-) Hugs jan xx 7 xx Jan Allison March 6, 2015 at 6:06 PM dad was 90 had had a good life Tom but I guess having had him for so long it will hit hard when it finally sinks in:-( Hugs jan xx Tom Wright March 6, 2015 at 6:03 PM Sorry for your loss also. Tom Jan Allison March 6, 2015 at 5:46 PM Oh Tom that is so so sad:-( Hugs jan xx Tom Wright March 6, 2015 at 5:42 PM Thank you Jan. my Brother was 23 year career soldier. a master Sgt in the army when he returned from his 3rd tour in Vietnam he left the house one evening and never returned. he had been missing for 30 years. we discovered his death the day after it happened during an online search. War is cruel, the things it does to people. Tom