New born, away from home
Strip back, left aside
Brother of mine
Met at the age of five
Father’s ‘son’ was heard in whispers
Brought up
Mothers dead but I see a mother
This is your ‘mum’
Mums at home, not my mum
Age of 10
She ain’t his mother
Want to tell him – kept in silence
His mother? My mum?
None of ours
Brother from another mother?
Indeed, he knew so too
But the women he calls his mother
Not his mum
Share the same ‘father’ 
But we hate our dad
He loves his mother
I do mine
New born, new to home
Strip back, left aside
Brother of mine
Now knows she’s not his mother
But we all share the same blood.