A Brother
A brother is as a brother does
I’m no longer the brother I once was
The years of no talk; nor a letter
I know in my heart I could have done better
I still carry love in my heart
But the years of distance is hard to part
To brush aside the hurt and tears
Has taken it’s toll of so many years
A son, father, now pappy too
A brother who has nieces and nephews new
Yet, love is always carried around
Within this, do you hear the sound
Of the brother I once was
The love is still within because
Though the years have silenced most I feel
You’re still in my heart and so real
When I was there and shouldn’t have been
When I wasn’t and I know when
I said things I shouldn’t have spoken
Sometimes so silent, distant, broken
So many years have aged this brother
Placed a sadness somehow or other
That I must deal with every day
Yet I know that there is a way
To bring back that brother again
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