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Ian.
You'll never be
half the person I was
accomplish what I did
and end up with the stories I will tell your children
You will hate your high school experience
So absurdly normal
growing up without protest or questioning of the way things are
unless mom took your games away.
You'll never grow up
You'll become like David
the family disappointment
yet we will never speak of it.
You will dote on your mother
never truly please your father
though you will try-
until there is nothing left to give.
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I wrote this poem about my brother. I have experienced some family difficulties, and he is often the one who breaks me down and tells me terrible things. Though now, I am grateful for every bad mistake I made, everything I did wrong, and every punishment I have had to take that he never will, because I have learned so much about myself and my surroundings. Instead of yelling back or fighting, I remind myself I know so much more about myself and have achieved so much more than my brother ever will. No matter how hard he can try and break me down, I will always have these experiences and what I gained out of them.