Brother

[chwarbri]

Brother
I go down deep this early morning
Like the show we watched on the discovery channel
Yesterday
So deep that gravity holds me,
All buoyancy lost.
In your presence I cannot deny
The loss I face.
rather I stay here safe at the bottom
Holding my breath
Stepping carefully in this
Underwater garden.
Deep down
My love for you has always been
My most sacred treasure
As I went through my life on the other shore
You were my anchor unseen
To everything I now hold so dear,
Connected by an invisible cord
Not unlike the long, clear plastic tubing
That connects you to your oxygen.
You are my home country
My countryman who has lived the sweetest life.
Made the most of the least
Jude beside you
My altar ego
You, held in the tabernacle of my heart.
This dawn I cried.
Gary patting my hand knowingly,
Pat, pat.
Par, pat.
And Minky
moving deftly in and out of both worlds,
Exuding total equanimity.