A Lost Brother

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Not so long ago you played baseball with me in the yard
Now you fight for your life
So far away
I can still hear you calling me in my sleep
Common lets go
everyone is waiting
I get scared at night and I go to your bed
But you are not there
I crawl into it anyway
I dream of you crying for help
For your fallen brothers
Wishing you were home with your family
with me
You come home one leave and I expect the same old you
I get someone else
someone new
I remember a brother who would laugh
You are quiet now
So hard to understand
I feel quilty for being angry
Wanting my brother back
I want him here with me
safe
I want him to forget
forget what hes seen
Come back Larry
everyone is waiting
waiting for you to come back to us
come home big brother
I miss you so much
It hurts

I wish I could tell my brother how much I wish he was back to how he used to be. I want time to rewind to before. I want the brother who told me to sleep with my head under the covers becase the monsters will not get me. I try to talk to my brother now, but it is so hard. I can not relate to him and I do not think he could relate to me either. I respect him so much for chosing this path in life, but at the same time I am angry at the Army and War for taking my brother physically and mentally away from me. We used to be so close.....