My Brother

I love you my brother

But I also hate you

I can clearly remember the beauty in you

The creative energetic youth

Full to brimming with fun and excitement

I also can clearly remember the ugliness in you

The selfish manipulator

Hurting and destroying those around you for shits and giggles

You are gone now my brother

And I miss you

I feel a deep sadness my brother

I wish we could have been brothers

In more than blood

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Yes my friends I have a brother who is dead as well, but he died over a decade ago of  a drug overdose. My last memory of him is of the monster within him consuming him. To this day I'm still not fully sure how I feel about him.