Where art thou my brother?

By Melancholic VIncent

When was your birth?

Can remember no more

When was your death?

The day of my own

 

But i did reborn

Why didn't you?

Why didn't you?

The car were too drunk

You flew away

And crashed against the road

Your head was smashed

Your spike was broken

Your life withered away

Just in a snap moment

Your soul was spilled

Over the redden highway

 

Ten year old kid

All dressed in black

Black body bag

Taken before his time

See his face

No more

Shall he speak

Never more

Taken inside a drawer

Along with the deaf and dumb

Together with the dead and dreary

In a melancholic waiting room

No talking, nor speaking

Everyone was too quiet to be alive

Everything was too iced to be living

 

One day, they took you out

To bring another John Doe

That no one cared

That no one knew

And took your naked bones

To the graveyard

They dug up a hole

Thrown your lifeless body into it

Swallowed by the earth

Your flesh returned to it

As the sacred book promissed

Some words of condolence were said here

In a monotonous obliged sympathy

Descending his tomb into the hole

In the depths of the oblivion

One more corpse to be buried on this soil

To perish, to never return

Into the minds of all the presents

Morbid cerimony of mortal remains

 

What were his name?

Who was him?

No one seems to reply

Nobody seems to answer

But i know!

It was half of my blood

It was flesh of my flesh

It was my brother

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Copyright 2012 Melancholic VIncent
Published on Tuesday, June 5, 2012.     Filed under: "Personal" and "Poetry"

Author's Note:

Death of my brother in a car accident, i was also in it, can't remember any of it though
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  • A former member wrote: Yeah, i know I'm generally a crybaby, but not over poetry. And honestly, this made me shed a few tears. I dont know your brother, nor did i see his death, but ever since you told me about the accident and about his death, I have felt incredibly sad for him. I don't know. maybe its because I have this sympathy for you that i feel some of it towards him as well... *takes a deep breath* im okay. Condolences to your brother..

  • Melancholic VIncent On Friday, December 27, 2013, Melancholic VIncent (431)By person wrote:

    Thanks for this :) It's like I could really feel how you were feeling about this. Really... thanks so much... I can't remember him, I just... sometimes wonder what would become of him if he was still alive.

  • A former member wrote: This is so sad, but also so beautiful. I really admire you for your obvious strength. If I were to ever lose my little brother, I would never be the same. He's the reason I try to be strong. As always, amazing job.

  • Melancholic VIncent On Saturday, February 9, 2013, Melancholic VIncent (431)By person wrote:

    I don't remember him, so there's not much to miss, I remember my life always without him on it so it wasn't that bad. That car accident was many times called just "The Accident" it marked us all, but for me it is just something that I can't remember, I blocked the whole thing out, everything past that was enough bad for that day to not be so bad.... As always, your comments make my day :)

  • A former member wrote: Oh gosh. This makes me want to cry. The emotion you put in those words, each little one meaning something bigger than the letters that make it up. This is absolutely amazing. Well done.

  • Melancholic VIncent On Monday, November 26, 2012, Melancholic VIncent (431)By person wrote:

    It was real, can't remember it though, maybe that's a good thing.... I appreciate very much your words :)

  • AngelicDemonMelisandre On Friday, July 20, 2012, AngelicDemonMelisandre (26)By person wrote:

    Bambi was killed...and really we weren't that close ever...she was about 20 something years older and with her mental problems we usually never meshed....but I remember just breaking down when I heard about it...like I couldn't breath. I cried harder for a sister that I barely knew than my Nana who for all purposes raised me...yet Nana was my "banshee"

  • Melancholic VIncent On Friday, July 20, 2012, Melancholic VIncent (431)By person wrote:

    I am very sorry for your loss, when this happened, I was too young to remember any of it and I was numbed with coma as well, so I don't have feelings for him, but it's always a tragedy, what would it be if he was alive?! Sometimes I wonder... Death is always a ghastly business

  • Invisible Girl On Friday, June 29, 2012, Invisible Girl (134)By person wrote:

    Intense writing. Very raw. You touch me through your words.

  • Melancholic VIncent On Saturday, June 30, 2012, Melancholic VIncent (431)By person wrote:

    Death is a ghastly business, also very intense too. Especially when it's a dear one

  • ForestDark On Sunday, June 24, 2012, ForestDark (16)By person wrote:

    A brother. So sad and only 10 years old. : [

  • Melancholic VIncent On Monday, June 25, 2012, Melancholic VIncent (431)By person wrote:

    indeed. A lot of things happen that should not be... Thanks for your support.

  • dwells On Tuesday, June 5, 2012, dwells (4288)By person wrote:

    Heartfelt and wrenching, well-written tribute in an unusual style, welcome again to DP, cheers!

  • Melancholic VIncent On Tuesday, June 5, 2012, Melancholic VIncent (431)By person wrote:

    I cant remember him But many times i wonder how would be his life if he was still alive. Is he lucky for not becoming a witness of our broken family? Who knows... I dont dare to answer it, i just wonder about the question... Thanks for the support.

  • A former member wrote: Sorry if this happened, for your loss..other than that-great poem that deserves recognition! Nice wordchoices and good flow...

  • Melancholic VIncent On Tuesday, June 5, 2012, Melancholic VIncent (431)By person wrote:

    Well, i was too young when this happened, so i can't remember any of it, neither do i remember him. Unfortunately this wasn't the worst thing that happened to me. Thank you for your support and thank you for liking my poem

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