The Dead Can Never Lie

by reminiscent-afterthought

The demons of the past are strong, but those of the present are worse.

2. Blood is Thicker than Water

fA/N: Written for the Five by Fiction Challenge on Livejournal, part 1 with table: #21. Also for the Freeverse Frenzie Competition, poem 66.

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The Dead Can Never Lie
2. Blood is Thicker than Water

His reflection
had long since been washed away

And only the changed face
remained –

That new face
crafted from a face of old

So when he saw in the water hence
he saw, not Ken, but his brother.