born the middle boy of five
apart from birth
not the wished-for girl
separate from birth
five years younger
4 years older
feeling alone
in a household of 8
strict Catholic patriots
kept us in line
kept us quiet
kept feelings in check
warned not to stand out
or Be noticed
excellence and achievement ignored
never good enough
Brian couldn't buy in but,
haunted, tried to find his way out
smarter than shrinks
full of love, yet full of doubt
looking for his way out
No comments:
Post a Comment