Do I Miss My Brother?
A poem by A.G. Munson.
At a Glance
- • A rhymed elegy for a brother who died at birth in 1959, spoken by a sibling who never met him and cannot decide whether grief is owed to a person he never was.
- • Author: A.G. Munson
- • Form: Rhymed quatrains with a repeated refrain
- • Setting: A family absence reaching back to 1959
- • Published: Tales From A Harrogate Caravan
Unlike many other, I do not miss my brother, but still
there never was a we, and there will never be, but still
he was always far and away, and would never visit me
I have never dreamt the day, that with me he could be
over my life I have struggled with his absence, but still.
I never did him kiss, and never did him miss, but I will
I never did him fight, never a prank at night, but I will
he does not do a lot, because he is one with the earth
I myself blame him not, he never lived, he died at birth
back in 1959, and I never ever got to meet him, but I will.
A.G. Munson
About A.G. Munson
Writer at Norse & Interesting | Poet, Storyteller, Essayist | Founder and GM of Norse and Interesting.
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