Brothers
9-15-07

I know that we will meet again Across that distant sea And though we may be parted You will ne’er be far from me. You didn’t understand me Nor did I understand you But distance brings forth clarity And time heals wounds We fought in fits of passion And never reconciled I know the winds of time will bring A tomorrow full of trials But no matter what we said before No matter what we did We’ll always be together Somewhere deep within. That love you feel I understand I hate the feeling too We claim we hate each other But inside we feel renewed Maybe you never forgave me Any more than I forgave you But distance brings forth clarity And time heals wounds Your side and mine, so opposite We’re alike yet not at all You took your side, and I took mine We must fight until we fall We’ll likely never make amends For we’ll never be at peace We fought before we knew the truth We have that thought, at least Many years passed unknowing And though we fell away We were born as brothers Forever from that day.

                       The idea was fraternal twin brothers who were separated at birth. They each were raised on separate sides of a cultural war, and when they finally meet as young men, they are enemies. They feel the connection with each other, and though they are shocked to find out they are actually brothers, somewhere deep inside they understand and they know. This is one brother's apology to the other; he knows that neither will ever give up his beliefs and therefore they will always have to fight, but he at least has to let his brother know that no matter what happens he will never deny their brotherhood.

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