somewhere believable

At both my brothers' funerals, someone said to me, "I thought you'd be the first." To end it all comes down to this: remorse, remise, of course, because there are no words. I could say a thirst, or worse, a curse, but hurt, never, even in the remote moments spent, each cigarette singing as we burn the bridges we're building. We turn, in turn, remembering the reasons the seasons have long since turned. I return to somewhere believable where we wear our hearts on our sleeves, even in sorrow, bringing horror as honor. Even in retrospect, these precipitous sentences seem balanced with the best of intent. Waking the ghosts, nuanced and in full voice, believing the memories they leave; leaving little more than the reasons we grieve.