vignettes

1.

every day

i make new decisions

roll back old ones

sometimes

they become so entangled 

they become each other

2.

you're a bundle in my arms, my brother

so fragile against my heart
sometimes, i want to weep

3.

brother, 

you're still the baby who can stand before me

and point at the patch on your thigh

bitten by some bug

4.

love,

you're the man who stands in the rain

talking about poetry

while my eyes pool in darkness

because i'm about to cry

5.

you're the man who cannot see my tears

because you do not see my sadness

over the impossibility of you