More than

Image by Daniel Sunkari (With DALL-E)

Three brothers

born

beautiful boys

brown eyes

witnessing and holding

pain

unknown yet present 

sorrow

no father 

no thought 

that life 

could be anything more than

death

of freedom

prison for life

and life 

taken

overdose 

leaving behind 

mom

of three 

beautiful boys 

witnessing and holding

prayer 

known and present 

sorrow 

A Father 

our Father

No thought 

that we 

my family

could be anything less than 

life.


Corrine Garcia, a Servant Partners internship alum, is a practicing counselor in New York City.

Posted on August 29, 2023 and filed under Poetry.