dear brother

dear brother where are you now,
are your chastises, mock anger and laughter
  forever silenced?
will we no longer be threatened by the new friend’s office,
who will be there to tell us to stop it when sisters teasing and play
  becomes too much for one man to bear?
you made us your sisters,
along with Ma’am, invited us into your heart.
face to face we have never met,
and yet the miles never kept any of us apart.
online as it may be and yet your dedication formed
  strangers into a family.
there were times we upset you,
our posts and statuses making you cringe and turn red,
all the times you threatened to iggy us,
  we knew you wouldn’t,
and Ma’am coming to our defense.
the advice you gave
you may have thought fell on deafened ears.
even when it went ignored,
you were always there for our tears.
how many times have you reached out to us,
promising to come when needed,
sending us gifts and candy,
always willing to lend a helping hand?


i don’t know
i’ll never pretend to understand,
so far from home,
two people missing,
maybe one body found.

rumors flies
stories are being told,
what happened that fateful day
  we may never know.

Ma’am i know you are with him,
listening to him sing in the heavenly chorus,
our hearts down here are breaking
with the news that we heard today,
the tears we are crying
  while our minds are denying,
trying to understand
  how a part of our family was stolen away.

our dear sweet brother,
this status is for you,

climb on baby’s desk,
jiggle and wiggle everything i got
waving hi to the guys behind you at work
blows a special sloppy kiss to that certain someone,
climb down and cry,
wanting to see your name lit up with status telling me to stop that.

Ma’am and big brother we love and miss you!!!