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Your Brother's Worth
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Your Brother's Worth |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada 
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If you could spread the innocence of every child on earth, If you could spill your freezer chest in world's of hungry worth, If you could will your heart into a hopeless empty life, Would you face a certain death to save your brother's life? Whatever undertaking your soul, your heart, can prove, There's nothing there can compare to love your blood can brew. Even if you drained your life into the goodwill well, Waiting for the angels would you save your brother's health? If you could sail the skies with spirits that are free and conquer evil forces that stir the warlord's greed. If you could show true pictures to those destroying earth would you give up all of these to save your brother's worth? |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
these are wonderful questions, Ethome...I wonder how many of us would answer them...truthfully? Well done. Karilea If I whisper, will you listen?...KRJ |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
To give it all for my brother? Gladly ten times over...or in my case my sisters...but I guess we truly dont know til we are put in the situation...its easy enough to say...wonderful write ethome |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Thank you Sunshine....they are questions that might have to be answered in a liftime??? Thanks for your comments.....ethome Thanks Paula I appreciate your comments and I understand the sister part totally....... it means the same thing as you know..have a nice day..ethome |
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BSC
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Member Elite
since 2000-02-04
Posts 2919New York, USA |
ethome ~ I have been in this situation, twice... and I can tell you that yes, I'd have given anything to have been able to help them and still have them here. Wonderful thought provoking piece. Bonnie |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Thanks Bonnie I thought I'd throw it out there and see what others would say..I could guess the most of it but it's always a curiosity to me.......ethome |
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Lighthousebob Member Elite
since 2000-06-14
Posts 4725California |
 Thought provoking. Honestly, I don't know, but I imagine I would. (I'm an only child) I do know that I would do anything including all that you have mentioned for my children though... Does this count? Bob <>< |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Interesting question Ethone, and I don't have the answer...I hope I never have to face the choice that your poem talks of. PS--Sure glad to see you posting again...and this one is written so well! |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
I love the way your poetic mind works and your heart aint half bad either... love the cadence and flow of this.. and of course the sentiments ... as you say --questions of life... excellent poetry. later-wise-like Van-gator  jm |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
ETHome~ In a heartbeat - I would ! Thank you for this pondering moment. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
My sister (only sibling) died at 20 when I was 8 - But I can say honestly I've thought about this with other loved ones since I grew up - and the answer is 'yes'. I think I wrote once about loving enough to give up a kidney (a much easier 'yes') I agree with JM too - great write~S~ |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Thank you lighthousebob and yes it would apply to your children even more. Family is the depth of the seat of emotion and the only true security on the face of this earth...sadly it is in great danger of failing in the not too distant future unless everyone pulls together to resurrect the family unit. If not.. our future kin are going to come out of a test tube I'm afraid. Thanks Martie for your kind words as always they are a source of encouragement to me. Janet it's so good to hear from you after all this time and thank you for the fine compliments.I'm feeling a little better these days and it's a joy to be here posting again. I was so glad to see that you are still in the thick of things at passions. Thanks once more...ethome |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Thank you very much Marge and Wilfred for your comments I really appreciate them more than you can know.......ethome |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
These questions have me pondering and will keep me thinking for a long while. Much food for thought Ethome. Great poem my friend. "an afixiation a fix on anything the line of life the limb of a tree the hands of he and the promise that s/he is blessed among women". Patti Smith |
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