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it wasn't what he wanted---

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it wasn't what he wanted to hear


"what would you do?"
my father's question
resounded in my mind.

i didn't respond.

my brother
straightened
his 6 foot frame
and puffed out his chest.
"i just hope
i wouldn't be a coward
hiding beneath a desk
while boxes of bullets
sprayed my classmates."
he clenched his fist
his muscles rippled under his shirt.
"i would try to subdue him.
take him out."

i pictured my younger brother,
my blonde Apollo brother
raging with testosterone
and heroism
rushing towards
a 9mm
aimed directly
at his 19 year old chest.
i saw an entire life
of optimism and success
shot to pieces.

my throat closed.

my father
looked proudly
at his son.

"well, daddy,"
i spoke up finally
and they turned
to look my way,
"i would probably die."

he was silent.

"daddy, i would die
trying to
help the injured-
my friends and classmates-
bleeding on the floor.
i would probably die
trying to save my own brother."
my brother really said that. i really said that.

it just shows our personalities and the type of reaction we have in different situations; he jumps to offense, and i retreat to defense.

my dad got upset when i said what i said.
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Bliesz's avatar
i bet that made your brother rethink his response =)

also, i bet he didn't show it