Poetry

A New Brother

Ryan Sparks

There he was
Such a tiny person
I looked at him
Sleeping peacefully

Suddenly his eyes open
Brand new brown eyes
Staring at me
Blinking and adjusting his eyes to a new experience
Light

His mind consuming
New thoughts
New faces
New world
New everything
He is a new person

A New Brother Ryan Sparks
Ryan Sparks, 12
Kansas City, Missouri

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