Read (In Memory Of A Dear Brother) Poem by Ragy Sandid

You told me to read
But you didn't tell me how
It's not enough to plant a seed
You need to see how to sow

You gave me the idea
But left me without a manual
Wished you'd stayed by my side
So it'd be something we both handle

Stranded aside by sands and seas
I carried that light on my own
Was it you I was trying to please
or was it something I call my own?

Now they call me a reader
But when I read I get lost
They say there's more to words than I can see them
That I just see them as most

That I should just struggle with words like clay
Shape them in some kind of intention
That I should explain them like mighty men may
Words are not just a fleeting mention

I try for I never reached the depth of the ocean
To dive there just makes it hard to breath
My mind just allows its middle ground motion
I believe words are just friends with ease

I use them as a canary, a crow and an eagle
I read them as a hippopotamus or rhinoceros
All I know is that to read is regal
I thank you for giving me a life thesaurus