Demons and Dragons…On That Night
On that night he had a front row, couch side seat to the event.
On that night, he had to watch it play out, helpless and heartbroken.
On that night, she excitedly cried out "yes"', he, silently cried out "no"'.
On that night, my trepidation commenced.
On that night, his face held an understandable mix of disbelief, shock and pain.
On that night, the dragon couldn't be slain.
On that night, I breathed my own breath into his lifeless body.
On that night, I pounded on his chest in an attempt to resuscitate his broken and stopped heart.
On that night we lost him.
On that night we lost him to his dreams.
On that night we lost him to the death of those dreams.
On that night, the death of those dreams was too big of a demon for him to conquer.
On that night, we lost my little brother, Dr. Niles Crane.