A Brother’s Grip

I saw your shadow play
on a silver slide
in the corner of my room-

could almost hear
a solo glide
under my pillow.

Hours until daybreak,
with a soundtrack of rain
keeping the beat,

I lie half awake-
watch your silent movie
unspooling on the ceiling.

Selected byGrady VanWright
Image credit:Marine Sintes
Mark Becker

I've been alive long enough to know better, yet still care