Eulogy for Pete

Portrait of My Dead Brother Salvador Dali —© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2014

I remember the shyness locked in your brown eyes
I remember how you’d touch my arm when you were too weak to speak
I remember your bravery and stoicism when in pain
I remember how you’d wink to me — meaning ‘hello brother, about time!’

And though your illness took so much from you, you’d never complain
But oh! how you hated arrogance, self-importance, spite…