Now That Your Gone (Brother) Poem by Gaia Rose

I was just sitting here, thinking back bout the days,
You were still in my life in so many ways,
From the day I was born you watched over me,
Protecting and caring, just how it should be,

Through all of my youth you stuck by my side,
Just like a father, beaming with pride,
Never once straying or pulling away,
You did wind me up though, day after day,

That was just brotherly love though, I know how you cared,
Cos you’d be quick to stop, if I got upset or scared,
You’d lecture me on things, tell me right from wrong,
All this I so miss, now you are gone.

There’s a million and one things I miss about you,
Too many to say, so here’s just a few;
Your loud laugh, you smile, your endless jokes,
Your brown eyes, your compliments, the way that you spoke,

Your humour, your style, the way that you stood,
If I could cut my right arm off to see you again, I would,
But I know this can’t be, how I wish it wasn’t so,
Why did you have to die Mike? Why did you have to go?

It just doesn’t seem fair that your life was cut short,
Everything that you went through, I’d just never have thought…
You’d be taken away so suddenly like that,
No last goodbyes, no last chats,

They say only the good die young, I believe this to be true,
As they’ve taken the best man there was, they’ve taken you,
So rest in peace Mike till we meet again,
Don’t know how though, what where or when,

All I know is I love you more than you’ll ever know,
It just makes me sad that I never got to show,
You just how much you meant to me, back then and now,
Hopefully I’ll get a chance, somewhere, somehow,

So God, look after him, please hear me this time,
He’s the best big brother there was, and I’m glad he was mine.