Poems by Prescott A. Robbins

My brother, my friend, flesh of eternal flesh.
I hold you tightly in my mind.
Our need of life is without words.
We say little to one another but are so alike.

We believe to share is to bare.
To give in is to be less then men.
Knowing about feelings is easy,
Saying them is the hard part.

What man would understand me
if I spoke of my hidden truths.
I no longer wish to live without life,
to walk alone, to be without feeling.

We will touch each others hearts
And feel the spirit of our souls.

With all my love, your brother.

It's not just a name on some news flash
Or a call from a voice never wanted
It's your smile, your face
Holding tightly your embrace

                       As

Echoes of our words
Sway to the ground

                     It's

Footfalls in the hallway
After we were told not to get up again
It's games and laughter
And meals together
The soul of our family in our town

Your favorite tree still stands
Charred, with new spring leaves
A chill as you climb to the top
Youth dangles just beyond the breeze

                   I SEE YOU

Running down the street

                    Our

Neighborhood friends in flight
Chasing after childhood dreams
While lightning severs the night

                 I SEE YOU

Traverse through the rubble
Preserving our ancestral right
Our love entwin together 
Tears fall without your light

               I SEE YOU

As a child playing

             I SEE YOU

Pale and brave


            I SEE YOU

---------------------------

As.

Children.

Play.

The eclipse of a sinking heart
Shackles the mourning sky
Sifted through tired trees
Strangled in red moonlight

The echo of the bullfrog's croak
Heaves its barreled chest
Not for air's might
But for sorrows last gasp

Its grip weighs heavy
Webbed fingers twist and pull
Hanging on to the lily
The currents endless drown

Alone in the twilight
where darkness drinks the glow
The hushed surface swallows
Whatever descends the soul

The trumpet flower silenced
By the wail of the bullfrog
Tangled
in
the
morass

Having a brother of the same heart.
Sitting on a shoreline I was crossed
So many miles apart.
I'd not be jealous nor envious anymore
In fact you'd make me proud.

Your eyes looking for me
the sea overcast.
One more time we'd walk together
before the task.

I'd tell you I'm honored
that in fact I'm in awe.
That you've endured the long test
flipping your nose at rehab. 

Your younger than I
but not many years apart
and at times I've looked at you
as an older brother
as well as a young upstart.

I don't have the words
they've never come easy to me
I love you my brother
my friend
my eternal company.

---So as you sit shoreline
the sun on your back.
The surf knocking your knees
Warm surging sand swirling your dreams.

Please know I stand beside you
In your corner I've been.

So swim on through the surf
under the tow.
For I've never known you to give up,
give in.
To throw your towel into the ring.

We know the heavy waves shall come
Yet swimming against them together
they become half the size
they would have become.


Love ya bro