Brothers



Used to be filled

To the brim with innocence

Now I feel like I was spilled

All I am left with is nonsense

 

You stole it from me

I said no

You wouldn’t let it be

You wouldn’t just go

 

Two against one

Not a fair fight

Under the sun

Tried with all my might

 

Tried to forget

Tried to forgive

All I did was sweat

Now I just relive

 

Every time I close my eyes

I go back to the dugout

And I want to die

It seems I’ve struck out

 

First one, then the other

Never told anyone

That you were brothers

That you already won

 

I was only fourteen

When you stole from me

Afraid of being seen

What you made me be'

About this poem

it is about a true traumatic event in my life

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Written on June 15, 2023

Submitted by kelseycrowell on June 16, 2023

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Scheme A X A X B C B C D E D E F G F G X H X H X D X D I B I B
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
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Words 189
Stanzas 28
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Kelsey J. Sorenson(Daves)

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