No More

By B Chandran

My little brother had a missing tooth

I found the tooth

But not my brother.

Behind our house, lies the expanse of a jungle

I found a sock

But not the other.

Under a moonless night, I last saw him

I’d found his trail

And followed into the lore.

There were marks of a struggle

I found scratches on trees

It was not him, not anymore.

By B Chandran