My Life In Word

 On February 15th my brother died
 Hanging from the Tree of Suicide
 No longer able to mask the pain
 Or deal with his burden’s heavy strain
 His burden not easy, his yoke too tight
 He took a rope, thin and slight
 And fastened it to that Unassuming Tree
 In his quest to be set free
 I hope he found the Freedom he sought
 That couldn’t be attained through the drugs he bought
 Maybe the only Freedom he could see
 Was hanging from a limb on that Lychee Nut Tree 

Simona A. Brinson

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