What My Brothers Feel
I finally old enough to know how my brother’s feel
Not totally true, but some what a point of view
I sat down with one of them longtime ago
Not long ago, a few years back to talk about our history
This brother said, I did what I could do then and that is all
Our history is so unclear, why is that my brother?
He said, something that shook my memory
About a nightmare I had, I did remember it because
It was emotional an almost death
When we were young we had to fallow what everyone said
With no questions or rebelling emotions can be dead
This tells me that it was off limits to talk to my brother
But it went on; he told me that we were force by the government
He said brother, did you know we were kept in a hut with doors shut
Did you know that we were taken away from our father?
I was 6 ½ old from the age of 2 ½ I can remember a lot
My brother said that he loved us so much, why would dad give us up
Dad asked me do you want to stay with me, brother said yes
We had an older brother who was able to climb out of the window
And ran away to find our dad that day, Dad knew where he was
My brother also said that we were secluded away from everyone
My mind race with fear, cause my nightmare I was having came near
The sorrows that I felt is no lie, it was so, so, so real
Made me angry and upset, but I calmed down my inner self
My brother also wondered about the papers that was for our adoption
No clear information, accept we just was given to our adopted parents
Also government needed money, so thousands of dollars there is a lot
Back to my feelings of rage with the feelings that my older brother has
When he told me that we should have been a US citizen right away
We were not citizens right away when we were adopted
It was already passed eight years, that does not sound right he’s says
I became so unraveled, I became so, so outrage in my mind
My sorrows is because of all the information not so guided
My brother’s rage in side is not because it was money, nor the adoption
It was because he had lost the family bond he had, and still looking
Even when his kin’s are around, it still missing, the family bond
He wants it back just like the lost emotions that I have since I was little
The bond of family is strong, the blood ties are strong
But to me the fear that he has, has settled, settled so he doesn't know
Live in the present I was told, Live in the present he told me
When in reality he’s the same as me, and my other brother you see
Copyright © Reynaldo Mast | Year Posted 2015
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