Day 991

for Ahmed Wishah

He was a photographer, a videographer.
When his brother was alive,
he would record the events
his brother reported on. When
his brother was murdered,
he took care of his brother’s
young children, more
like a dad than an uncle.
It was his way
of mourning his brother,
his soulmate, his closest friend.
He knew, with his brother
dead, that his task was to live.
Now he too has been murdered.
Now he has gone
to join his brother. Now
his brother’s young children
have lost him
as well as their father.
Now truth has lost
yet another witness.
Now someone else
will need to tell
his story. Now all the photographs
and videos he would have taken
will need to be taken
by others.