what am i, my brother's keeper?

tuesday, august 15, 2023 at 10:11 pm

look upon your brother

and feel your heart expand

his soul joining

yours, some subconscious meta-

physical facet of him reaching

light-shard hands into your ribcage,

carefully prying muscle mass apart

gentling out a rib, making room

to lean into you, take

your heart between his illusionistic

teeth -- head first he enters

your chest, your coronary

arteries, stays there; and so

here you are, your brother's keeper

in every sense. his breaths becoming

the very pulse in your veins.

-- aryll