I don't know you
I didn't know you
but you make him hurt
on a memory
from a picture I
only saw once
there were trees
tiny smiling eyes
and you were a
name that used
to make him happy
or so I was told.
I am sorry
that you are gone
now, and
I can hear his
I heard his tears
on the phone
bringing mine up
for a stranger
who is part of
my father.
please let him
dig away your
image. and bury
the spaces you put
between all of
the people you were
supposed to love.
let him not be
weighed upon
by ties you broke
without even
building them.
I hope you rest
in peace without
pain. and I
hope you make
me stop crying
for the little
brother you
stopped remembering
when you
forgot the importance
of
yourself.