MY TOUGH BROTHER
My big brother,
The tough soldier,
Your gift to me
Is life.
Even your strength
Was not enough
To help me,
Save by your own death.
I owe you my life
For a second chance;
And my love
For your sacrifice.
We never spoke of love
But your acts showed it.
You were always there for us
Your family.
The tough wise guy,
You are no more,
But your spirit lives on
In your still beating heart.
The same heart that beats
In my breast;
The heart you gave me
So I could live on.
Your tough guy act,
Forever the soldier,
May have fooled us all,
But it belied the truth.
You loved us all
More than we knew.
I'll miss you forever
My big brother.
My big brother,
The tough soldier,
Your gift to me
Is life.
Even your strength
Was not enough
To help me,
Save by your own death.
I owe you my life
For a second chance;
And my love
For your sacrifice.
We never spoke of love
But your acts showed it.
You were always there for us
Your family.
The tough wise guy,
You are no more,
But your spirit lives on
In your still beating heart.
The same heart that beats
In my breast;
The heart you gave me
So I could live on.
Your tough guy act,
Forever the soldier,
May have fooled us all,
But it belied the truth.
You loved us all
More than we knew.
I'll miss you forever
My big brother.
