an ▁dialect . ▁Ross ▁intention ally ▁disp laces ▁the ▁brother ▁and ▁sister ▁not ▁only ▁by ▁language , ▁but ▁by ▁distance ▁as ▁well . ▁In ▁the ▁poem , ▁the ▁sister ▁is ▁returning ▁to ▁the ▁Car ib bean ▁for ▁her ▁brother ▁that ▁she ▁left ▁behind ▁and ▁plans ▁on ▁taking ▁him ▁back ▁with ▁her ▁to ▁the ▁U . S . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁brother ' s ▁voice , ▁in ▁Ross ' s ▁poem ▁" Bro ther ▁to ▁Sister ", ▁ ▁where ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁memory ▁of ▁the ▁Car ib bean ▁is ▁revealed . ▁Conf lict ▁is ▁revealed ▁through ▁the ▁separation ▁of ▁their ▁family ▁and ▁the ▁tra um as ▁that ▁resulted ▁in ▁effect . ▁The ▁brother ' s ▁pain ed ▁memory ▁of ▁his ▁sister ▁is ▁of ▁her ▁leaving ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁young ▁boy . ▁He ▁writes : ▁ ▁He ▁rem embers ▁his ▁sister ' s ▁ur gency ▁to ▁leave , ▁but ▁doesn ' t ▁fully ▁understand ▁why . ▁The ▁space ▁between ▁them ▁is ▁not ▁only ▁phys ically ▁wide , ▁from ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁to ▁the ▁Car ib bean , ▁but ▁their ▁ability ▁to ▁connect ▁is ▁also ▁further ▁dist anced ▁by ▁their ▁different ▁up br ing ings , ▁and ▁cl ash ing ▁of ▁cult ures . ▁ ▁The ▁sister ' s ▁response ▁to ▁her ▁brother , ▁in ▁Ross ' s ▁poem ▁" S ister ▁to ▁Bro ther ", ▁shows ▁how ▁nost alg ia ▁becomes ▁a ▁place ▁of ▁remember ing ▁the ▁strugg les ▁that ▁came ▁with ▁the ▁conflicts ▁of ▁being ▁in ▁St . ▁Lu cia .