Father And Son Poem by Rose Marie Juan-austin
Father And Son
My brother and I
Were born a year apart
I first saw the world
With the sun and the moon
While he came
When the Earth obscured the moon.
I got a face
Envied by everyone
While he is likened
To a blobfish
That only a mother
Could ever love.
When God showered
All the luck on Earth
He caught nothing
And now I understand
Men are not born equal.
My father said he loves us
But I know
Deep inside of him
He cursed the day
When my brother was born.
He made a trench
For my brother
Furnished it with all the things
A human being needs for existence
But no one could enter
Except our family.
On the very day
My father put my brother
Into the trench
A cloud like monster
Enveloped our family
And sadness put its weight on us.
My mother wept
Until she got
No more tears to shed
She felt that my brother
Was put into his grave.
Whenever we go to the trench
My brother always cries
Gives wan smiles
He never laughs
No, never.
The trench stole his laugh
Took away the sun
The moon
And the starry nights.
The touch of gentle breeze
On the skin
The silkiness of flowers
Over the palm of the hand
Are all foreign to him.
The deep blue sea
The blue sky
The horizon and the rainbow
Are far from his heart.
His childhood
His youth
His very life
Were taken by the trench.
One moonless night
I did what I deemed
To be the best for my brother
It has been long lurking
Inside my heart.
Oh, my dearest brother
How happy he was
To see the world
To feel alive
To be human after all.
But the curse
Came down swiftly
And I witnessed
The evil in people.
My poor brother
Succumbed to the comfort
Of the trench
Scourged and condemned
To his very core.
I ran to my father
To give him a million hugs
So tender and loving
Repressed for all the years.
My father told me
''My love for my children
Has all the colors of the rainbow
And itsbreadth is like
The limitless sky".
Copyright 2019, Rose Marie Juan-Austin, All Rights Reserved
(2) A great poem about love, life, happiness and tragedy in an intimate family circle is designed here as it really is. Every family has its luck and tragedy, That belongs to life in our beloved family, I reckon. (3)
(3) The honest heart of the great poetess has created a profound and touching poem here that I ever read I am deeply impressed by how the poem is structured and I have enormous respect for the great poetess. A really hard poem to respond to, in my frank opinion, but so worth of being read time and again, absolutely. I have to admit that I shed tears every time I read it.... Dear Mrs. Juan-Austin, I am still very much impressed! Thank you for sharing.
Is this 10 still needed or not? I do not know, but this very touching poem deserves a 10 Full Score and myriad 10´s more God Bless You, dear Mrs. Juan-Austin!
A poem that’s very emotive, metaphorical trench into which the poem draws the reader, all of life’s challenges and rewards on the page
A touching poem, Rose Marie. Every family life would have its own story. Gripping narration 10+
A spllediid work! I sincerely appreciate and adore the underlying philosophy! Beautifully put....10
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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My father told me ''My love for my children Has all the colors of the rainbow And its breadth is like The limitless sky" ……………. I have quoted the last stanza here. Whatever happens, a father always loves his children, I am sure. (2)