Goodbye, Brother, Forever

that the boy my parents took in, Daniel, the b

mera lens, building a portfolio that was less art and

with Sarah, a woman who radiated polished beau

y I'd never seen directed at me, "my

randing a permanent boundary on the futur

realized too late he was protect

h my veins, but the w

, even tearing our childhood photo, a treasu

e a mask of cold disappointment as he tol

clarity emerged: I wouldn't fight for a love that

broken heart to Europe, to build a future