Tuesday, April 04, 2006

81/365 Gene

We were twins separated at birth by time. After his unexpected death I upended drawers hunting down photos—terrified I’d forget his face even though it was in every mirror. Shrapnel from the bullet he gunned into his own tormented heart, lodged into mine.

3 Comments:

Blogger ntexas99 said...

no matter how hard I try, I can't find any acceptable words ... all I can convey is that this was beautifully written, and painfully poignant, and I only wish you never had to know such things intimately enough to bring them to the page

6:12 PM  
Blogger Helen said...

It is hard (for me anyways) to respond to writing like this without sounding trite. The grief is so powerful...

1:03 PM  
Blogger The Stiltwalker said...

I'm loss for words as well. Only that I wish you had not experienced such a loss. Desole.

7:48 AM  

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