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My Dark Brother

My closest companion since birth.
My dark brother, dancing around me
Throughout the day.
Standing behind, before, beside—
Depending on the sun.
And at night, without solar light
To cast you, you embed yourself
Into the dark, becoming darkness itself:
Embracing me from all sides
Like a loving hug. Then
Carefully,
Playfully,
Dragging me
To the center of something warm,
As if I’ve slipped back into the womb,
Or fast forwarded into the tomb—
Either/or doesn’t matter.
It’s warm.
It’s calm.
And I sleep, suckling on the only love
I haven’t had to beg, borrow, barter or steal.

Poetry by Sameen