The death of someone you love is always painful; “How to Watch Your Brother Die” is kind of an instructions book with all the steps to cope with this particular situation. The narrator in this poem travels to visit his dying brother who is homosexual. In this piece we see discrimination against gay people, the AIDS issue, fear of being contaminated and fear of dying,and also devotion between gay couples. He accepts his brother for whom he was but feels weird when his brother’s lover kissed him. It is hard to understand a relationship between two men. Nevertheless, the narrator comes to realize that all that matters in the end is love. This is what we all should understand, as long as there is love, it does not matter the age, race or gender