I had an ache in my heart
the pain overwhelming,
reached in through my chest
and discovered a snake
marked with a diamond pattern,
I picked up the tail
and tugged and pulled
until it was free
it’s mouth clamped
to the end of longer snake,
a dark color blue
I pulled that snake out
the next one was purple,
I did it again and again
removing eight snakes in all.
The final one had a stone
inside his mouth but dropped it
when I got him free.
I reached down into my heart
to retrieve the rock
a dark black color
I cut it out with my knife
then it turned a ruby red,
with the glimmer
of that precious jewel.
When I carved it into a rose
the pain in my chest subsided.
The next day I got word my older brother died
He was the oldest of ten.
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