National Domestic Violence Awareness Project

ravven003:

Brother

Brother

I’m sorry for the downfall.

I’m sorry the world

Came crashing down

And you were left in

The carnage

With no water

And no hope.

Brother,

I’m sorry for the aftermath.

Things don’t always

Turn out right

And I know I promised you

Things I couldn’t give you

But I swear to God

I was trying to help you.

I was trying to give you

Something I never had:

Hope in the aftermath.

Brother

I know there’s a lot

Of pain you carry around.

You don’t want to talk

About it

And I get it

So, I do understand, a little bit.

I’m sorry.

I know I wasn’t always there

But brother, I had no choice

I swallowed so much grief

I smothered out my own voice,

And it sucks and I know it.

I wish to God I could change it.

Brother

Life is hard

And it’s always us

Against the world

Even though our views

May differ,

Perspective can make

Our bond even stronger

Because solitary perspective

Is stunted and sided,

But shared experience

And compassion

Can make our load lighter.

And brother,

I’m sorry for the past.

But brother,

There is hope for the future

There is love for the taking

And there is so much life

In the horizon, just waiting.

And brother,

I wasn’t there then

But I am here now.

Together, let’s take the world!

It’s time to let go and forgive

Not for him, but for us.

You are more than

You came from -

Never forget that.

Brother.

Take a bow, you deserve it.

The world doesn’t know it,

But they are gonna be in for it

Because you,

My brother,

Are a force to be reckoned with.

You, my brother,

You’re the best of us

And you know it.

Brother.

I love you.

Keep walking.