Dear brother,
Where did you go?
You used to wave at me when I was in the hallway
You used to wave at me when you sat in the gym because I had no friends
But you were there on the bleachers reading
I still wonder in amazement; how did you get your teacher to let you do that?
You used to save me from a teacher who needed to retire
You used to save me before bus 19 left so I'd get on the right one
Do you remember when you'd make me laugh by pretending you were in the circus?
You'd walk on old alcohol barrels,
That were once red, now pink and faded by the sun
Then you went off to college and started a new chapter
I'm sorry I put grass in the pool,
When you told me to stop
I'm sorry I threw a plastic beach basket at your face,
And caused you to get a nose bleed
I'm sorry I screamed at you while I was drawing a picture
You are really good at pushing my big red button that specifically says DO NOT PUSH!
Why must you be a programmer that finds my buttons and knows how to easily access my control panel?
I'm sorry I didn't and couldn’t give you the space you wanted to reach the planets
I'm sorry I kicked and screamed at your closed door
I just wanted to build a snowman
And have fun
I missed you then and I miss you now
Oh Brother, what shall I do?
You know that pathetic hug I gave you?
That's because sometimes I think you don't care about me
I sometimes think when you're in San Francisco California you never think of me
Of how we'd joke we'd run away to Californ-i-a