Shadows and ice
damp houses
riddled with lice.
An open coffin
a child's pneumonia
gaze.
Words
from another age
land on a page.
Half light
Half brother.
The son
of my mother
and
her dark lover.
Baby
dead
messed
with
her
head.
Funeral clothes well worn.
Another baby stillborn.
Then came
Eva (Scarlett Fever)
Little Ella (Mumps and Rubella)
and Leo (Polio)
Remember their names.
She was never the same.
Grief's wind
shaking trees.
Her on her knees
praying for ease.
Chance meetings.
Fatal attractions.
A world made of fractions.
Half brother
sometimes
partial
others
whole.
An old man plays
a role.
A grandpa who detests baby showers.
“Some are never born, and others won’t see Spring's flowers.”
Those who can’t know the pain
say
“He’s on one again.”
Half brother
half light
shadows and ice
born in another life.
A spirit electrical
chasing rainbows.
Half darkness.
Half sadness.
Half dead.
Messing with my head.
Half living.
Never forgetting
or
forgiving.
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