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Danielle Daniel
Student @ University of Abuja
For My Brother
<p><br/></p><p>When illusions begin to fade,</p><p>those who can truly see</p><p>are often the first to feel</p><p>like they no longer belong.</p><p><br/></p><p>That’s how it feels now, </p><p>because my brother is gone.</p><p>Last week Wednesday, he stepped away</p><p>from this world that no longer felt livable,</p><p>and in doing so,</p><p>he joined the countless others</p><p>who could not stay.</p><p><br/></p><p>Suicide is both deeply personal and heartbreakingly universal.</p><p>It is one brother, one son, one friend-</p><p>but it is also many, too many.</p><p>It leaves behind questions without answers,</p><p>rooms heavy with silence,</p><p>hearts that will never beat the same.</p><p><br/></p><p>I wish he had just talked to me.</p><p>I wish I had followed him into his room and told him not to lock it. </p><p>I will probably always wish that.</p><p>Maybe I could have carried some of the weight,</p><p>maybe I could have helped him stay.</p><p>But wishing cannot change what has already passed.</p><p>And though I ache with what might have been,</p><p>I am not angry anymore.</p><p><br/></p><p>I am only sad, </p><p>sad that he is gone,</p><p>and hopeful that wherever he is now,</p><p>he is happy,</p><p>he is free,</p><p>he is at peace.</p><p><br/></p><p>Still, I pray it was gentle.</p><p>I pray it was painless.</p><p>And if it was not,</p><p>then I hope the mercy he longed for</p><p>found him the moment he let go.</p><p><br/></p><p>Now, I live in the ache of it.</p><p>Grieving him, yes,</p><p>but also standing with everyone</p><p>who has lost someone in the same way.</p><p><br/></p><p>Because though our losses are unique,</p><p>our grief is shared.</p><p>And maybe in that shared grief</p><p>there is the faintest hope</p><p>that they are free,</p><p>and that we, still here,</p><p>are not as alone as we feel.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>
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