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Lucie
Senior Member

since 1999-06-20

Posts 1077
Houston

0 posted 1999-09-09 01:20 PM

They found a young mans body
in a lake in my home town.
He had an epileptic seizure
fell off his bike and quickly drowned.

If I told you this was my brother
what then would you say?
That for 17 years of my life
I didn’t know him anyway.

Do you think it makes a difference
whether I knew this man or not?
Would it change that we were siblings
or the parents that we’ve got?

Should I grieve the loss of family?
Of a branch of family tree?
Should it really make a difference
he was only half blood to me?

Well I say yes it matters
and I’m sorry he had to go.
And a stranger loved him also
though he will never know.

I have some other siblings
though they are only half.
Their parents married 42 years
I’m 29 you do the math.

So I stand among the shadows
keeping track of what they do.
My mother made sure to tell me
I had siblings, do you know too?

I doubt he ever told you
about the child he helped make.
And I will keep his secret
not for him, but for your sake.

Its not like I’d come to dinner
or spend holidays with you.
Just want you to know besides your family
that a stranger loves you too.

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

1 posted 1999-09-09 01:27 PM

Outside looking in... great job, Lucie! Loving from a distance is still loving. *S*

Iloveit
Senior Member

since 1999-09-02

Posts 1121
NM

2 posted 1999-09-09 01:35 PM

gosh lucie that is beautiful...I have a half sibling somewhere, but never knew him/her or kept track...your poem makes me wish I had

Pepper
Member Elite

since 1999-08-19

Posts 3079
Southern Florida

3 posted 1999-09-09 03:37 PM

Lucie, I also have half siblings that I've never met and your poem struck a chord in my heart...Thank you for sharing

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May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 1999-09-09 03:48 PM

Another fine job of smacking truth right in our faces! Well done!

Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

5 posted 1999-09-09 03:58 PM

When you go at it, Lucie, there's no one better. Nice job.

tori
Senior Member

since 1999-06-18

Posts 520
Mechanicsville, Maryland, USA

6 posted 1999-09-09 04:57 PM

Lucy this was great ... very well written :-)

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