anniversary
320 Words
The reason for the anniversary
that I wish I'd never known
Is that I didn't think things through
And my brother died alone
100 days he was sober
He said that he would die if he went home
I called him as I felt it
And our mom picked up the phone
She told meHe was fine
and there was nothing to worry about
The next day she came to me after work
she didn't want to go to her house
She didnt want to be there
When her only son was found
She didn't give him Narcan
Never gave him mouth to mouth
Now every breath he never took
Are the ones that will drown me out
I hear her tell me that he's dead
As the worst sound escaped my mouth
She called me when she found him
And my sister called 911
They couldn't hear her through my screams
I couldn't believe what I had done
If I hadn't have trusted our mother
She wouldn't have heard the rattling lungs
With his last words he asked about me
And mom told him i left for fun
She did it to make him relapse
Because she always wanted some
My daughter lost her uncle
My father lost his son
My mother played on sympathy
And I believed the lies she spun
She laid in bed next to him
And left before her shift begun
I saw him for the last time
and his nose was tinted blue
Left by the only person who he thought he had
He didn't know what to do
Plus he wanted to try it before mom
He didn't want to let his mother use
He thought I'd have a place for us
He had nothing left to lose
My mom killed both my dad's kids
And nobody has a clue
She thinks she got away with it
But her day is coming soon
- Writer
