Thumb Nail

Once as a child

Chasing my older brother

In what I thought was a game

He caught his thumb in the door as I closed it.

I did not realize he was screaming to open the door.

I thought we were still playing.

As a result,

He lost his thumb nail

And it took months for it to grow back.

Now whenever I look at my partially torn thumb nail

I can see his face through the door window.