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my little
brother...
small
hands curled around mine
memories entwined
Written for Haiku Heights Today's prompt was the word FIRST.
I sometimes
wonder what would a life be without a little sibling. To have a kid brother or
sister to boss around is just so much fun. These creatures are just so
ridiculously pathetic sweethearts. That’s saying when I have an elder brother,
too, and this would come back like a boomerang at me. But to state the fact,
all little siblings ARE ‘ridiculously pathetic sweethearts.’
My younger
brother had been my punch bag for years. We’d fight like idiots over stupid
things; pull each other’s hair, mock, kick, pout, pinch, punch and behave like
we’d kill each other any freakin’ moment. I remember my bossiness: knocking him
down because he’d copy me; blackmailing him for petty things; flaunting my
vocabulary in front of him and making him a complete dodo; calling him a
shortie for he was a tad shorter than I.
We still
fight. But it’s different now.
He never
copies me, so I can’t knock him down. Even if I think of pushing him to the
sofa, like I used to, I know he can shove me in the wall without being a ninja.
He’s almost six inches taller than I. He has a mind that works, so no more
blackmailing and bossing around, too…. Darn! Vocabulary, yes, that’s one thing
I still swim past him like a winner, but when that topic comes into picture, he
has a deluge of insults for my awesome math/moth brain. I suck at math. :(
This younger
brother is the one I can be a retard with and still be normal. He’s the one who
remains honest with me and his truths never hurt. He’s still a punch bag for me
in more ways than one. Ever seen us talking? In school, I was always called the
most silent student, but with him, I’m a blabbering jerk. The longest we have
fought was for two days and then the silence was broken. I couldn’t have asked
for a better friend than him..
What kind of relationship do you share with your little sibling, or you wish you shared?
