Stream of consciousness poem -- part XI

October 15, 2011 – Later still

We laughed

At the hospital

We four, we laughed

We shared memories

We shared stories

And, above all,

We laughed

We four

Were a cord

Of four strands

Intertwined

Interlaced

And together

So much stronger

Than one.

The threat

Of death

Had not disappeared

Had not lessened

Had not altered

It was there

In the room

With us

But we

Were together

Our brother knew

We loved him

We could tell him

We could show him

And that, then,

Was all that

Mattered

And so

We laughed.