TO MY BROTHER

BY TRAVIS CARROLL

The NEAR and FAR cards were printed by Cumbersome Multiples Press on a 1928 Chandler & Price letterpress using antique wooden type. PonyXpress writers wrote a response to the word on the cover. The cards were passed to the next writers and they used the prompt to write on the back.

A letter to my brother from the pen in black pen.

You’ve transcended to a level much higher than Raven flies.
When I think of you today, a tear descends from the corner of my eye.
I strain to stifle the flood that may ensue
at the painful realization of this world without you.
All that is your essence I do miss.
A smile no parts my lips, as the tear drips.
So bittersweet to reminisce.
Deep in my heart and mind you still exist.

RIP my Brother Jeffrey Mansfield, from your brother with love. | TC