National Poetry Month: April 24, 2015

Day 24:  It seemed that every prompt I tried today did nothing for me, so I decided to go back to my current favorite writing trick: Haikubes. I chose 5 words to use in a poem.

Here is what I came up with: 

Brother

Before you arrived,

competition had no name,

the world all mine.

You quickly clapped

illusion away.

I learned the taste

of jealousy

in the salty folds

of your baby legs

as you chased

after my assurance

to catch as your own.

I learned the word rival.

Ever after would I check

over my shoulder

for your reflection,

but never did I think ask,

which of us started this?