Does She Hear

..never easy, but harder when a parent or sibling...

The blank stare

and cavernous gaze

leaves me stark

and disenchanted.

What lies beneath

those orbs of haze?

Questions left unanswered.

I wonder aloud...

Does she hear?

Does she care?

 

Lost in the abyss

of endless days

unable...unwilling

to deal with the dark.

I talk to my sister

who cannot respond;

while

cell phones ring

and radios sing

and still

nothing makes sense.

 

We sit and wait

and ponder reasons.

Perplexed by answers

left untold.

It’s all behind

that endless gaze…

although

 all I could ask was,

Does she hear?

Does she care?

Is she there?

 

 

Author's Note

August 4, 2009
A Very Sad Time for me...
My sister, Sandy, passed away 5 days later.

Reviews

[Sukriti Suki]

There is no love like a love for a brother, there is no love like a love from a brother...darkness, pain, anxiety overflows from this piece.

[Sunni Davis]

I can feel the sadness but also youre love for your sister in your words.