Brother, See the Door

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Brother, are you there?

     Won't you answer me?

Speak up, if you dare,

     Since we used to be

     Best of friends till we

Entered troubled days.

     Now you aren't you.

Mom, she battles, prays.

     Dad, he suffers too.


Are you traumatized

     Or just overcome

By the lows and highs

      Of the place you're from?

     Brother, don't succumb

To your private war.

     What has made you numb?

Brother, see the door?


Won't you take my hand?

     Follow me outside.

Brother, understand

     Nothing that you hide

     Keeps me from your side.

You don't have to talk.

     I won't press or chide.

Come, we'll only walk.

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