Dear Brother

Listen closely, for I possess little time and much to say

You and I were not built for this world

We are trampled more quickly than they...

We have so so many

No good very bad days

And I often cry

Not realizing why

Oh brother, do you ever weep

At the price of life, so steep

Has grief such as this been felt

Surely it is each day

How much more time may pass

Until the world locks us away

Our niece and nephew

Will ask their dad and mom

Our brother and sister

'What did Uncle do wrong?'

No answer will be given

Only a silent grimace

On the face of someone

Who loves you and I so very much

Oh brother, are you weeping

I feel swelling tears held back

Will we lose our mother

Behind a wall of glass

Truly, we are brothers

Sharing more than flesh and blood

I hate how alike we are

I would abscond your burden but cannot

For it is the very article

That makes you a goddamn superhero

Would you dare stomp down the spider?

Or bring peace to planet Krypton?

Who shall separate the Greats from their misery

And doom humanity extinct

You, my brother

Are destined to save the world

And I believe you will

Until this greedy planet

Marks you for the kill

Not only are we brothers

But stalkers in the night

Chasing that elusive prey

The blood of kids who die

Not realizing until too late

We are the kids who die

If you have come this far

Think of me once more

Then look toward the night

For my body awash on shore...