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MY BROTHER, a poem by Hayley Michelle Shepherd, Australia Other Brothers Poems Other Not Categorized Poems DUAL CATEGORY THIS POET COUNTRIES Categories: Brothers Poems & Not Categorized Poetry Viewed 17063 times Author: Hayley Michelle Shepherd, Australia Share Poem MY BROTHER Lying awake one warm Friday night in January 2000, the phone rang, it was the middle of the night. It was my nan, calling to say My brother had gone swimming in Renmark and had disappeared without a trace. The divers went in and back out they came holding my dear brother, he had passed away. I imagine his last breath and how horrible it must have been to know you are about to die, never to smile again. As he took that last breath, not precious air but a breath of murky water. I wonder why it happened to him and how it isn't fair. My brother was only 22 his life barely begun. He left two sons, one he'd hardly met and the other wasn't even one. Every time my nephew smiles I see my brother's dear face and realise I have a living tribute to make certain the memories never fade. Click to purchase Print 73564 0 Other Author Poems You're gone Stay strong A Twisted Finger Recent Site Documents What type of Valentine do you wish to have? Blog by: Mukeshkumar Raval Just Among Friends (A24) Blog by: Chris Johnson ARE LARGE PHARMACUTICAL COMPANIES PLAYING SCROOGE Blog by: Marcia Schechinger Code Red! (A tale of a media man) Short Story by: Edgar Eslit CONGRATULATORY SPEECH Blog by: Dowell Oba finally... Short Story by: bahar sarafrazi Why I Write About Monsters Blog by: Kristine Trudeau Wonder of Wonders Blog by: Rajaram Ramachandran One upon a time.. Blog by: Pattra Shuwaswat The Rockhill Cosmo and Her Butterfly-I Short Story by: Yarpei Shatsang         If you like this poem, post a message below to the poet!   To Respond, enter a note and then click the "Post Response" button below   Your Response:   Your Name   Your Country       Here are the previous Messages left about this Poem From Comment about poem or author Response Country Response Added ELENA WOW BEAUTIFUL EMOTIONS USA 8/31/2009 6:18:57 PM so touching usa 12/29/2008 10:55:28 AM katie omg i'm so sorry about your brother but this poem is so amazing i mean i'm a small poet myself and it sounds like you were really close to your brother as i am to mine. You did a magnificant job on this. usa 5/19/2008 1:38:31 PM Arbab Gondal Very sad. I can feel your pain Hayley as I also lost my 21 years old sister a few years back and am still trying to forget her. May ur brother be in peace wherever he is. Australia 2/3/2008 3:38:54 AM Lee My heart goes out to you and your family in your sadness. Australia 10/20/2007 5:08:41 AM MF It makes me realize how dear my brother is to me being alive but it is sad. US 10/19/2007 5:45:40 PM Meriki Parkinson so sad Hayley, a lovely tribute, so well written.M* Australia 9/28/2007 1:09:50 AM Lil miss when i read this poem...i got goose-bumps...very sad sac 9/13/2007 3:27:03 PM kelsey looloo too sad canada 6/18/2007 10:21:57 AM terri harris hi im sorry about your brother dieing. my brother died and we only just found out, he was in the water 4 six weeks! he was only 20. he was only young no chance for children or love, i know how u feel but at list u got that. uk 3/28/2007 2:26:03 PM Gail What a sad story. Australia 3/17/2007 7:05:50 AM     Send this poem to your Friends and Family           Use the following form to support the author by sending this poem to your friends, family and co-workers. Each time that you forward this poem to another friend of yours, the poet will earn marketing credits to get their poem pages displayed even more on the Internet.    Your Name:    Friend's Email:    Note:         Have this poem read to you by one of our Poets! Rate this Poem 1 - Average 2 3 4 5 - Award Winner Votes: 1      Average Rating: 4      points: 4 HELP THIS AUTHOR OUT BY COPYING THE FOLLOWING HTML CODE INTO ANY WEBPAGE <a href = "http://www.voicesnet.org/displayonepoem.aspx?poemid=73564">Click here to visit VoicesNet.com to read the poem called "MY BROTHER" by Hayley Michelle Shepherd, Australia</a>