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