A kind brother with a wide neck, so strong,
\nI longed for a cordial embrace so tight.
\nFor one to assure a heart void of wrong,<\/p>\n
To stretch mountains for a light beyond sight.<\/p>\n
For their own kind around fails to trouble
\nYou, allowed to flourish in their presence.
\nArms you bear around their vastness crumble,
\nSmells of gardenia soften their essence.<\/p>\n
\nBut my devine mother shields wind with grace,
\nFootsteps light as feathers show me the way.
\nSisterly ardor mends a staircase graze,
\nFeminine is the breeze that carries May.<\/p>\n
A kind brother, I would have died to face,<\/p>\n
Holding mother’s same eyes in tender play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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