Homage To My Brother Poem by Bernedita Rosinha Pinto

And then upon the sands of time
will rest many memories upon my heart
the waves of childhood and cheerfulness,
the shells of love and youthfulness
the cones of promises and steadfastness
will all roll together silently in our tomorrows
reminding us of a brother, a son, a father, a husband
who adhered to the his commitments
with dedication, with fondness, with sincerity so intense
that every one of us felt your earnestness
within our pulse.
And just like the ocean knows
the rising wave, the sea belongs to it
and depends on it for allegiance,
Brother your love
was our ocean, our sea, our wave
you empowered each one of us with your dutifulness,
how will our home ever be the same now without you?