My Dear Brother

By Jazmin Curley

One night I had a dream.

All my tears were flowing downstream.

Beside me, stood you.

When I woke up, I didn’t know what to do.

All I could think of was you.

I walk down the endless street and think of you.

I know you’re far away, like a balloon in the sky,

so there’s nothing I can do.

I wish you were here,

because it’s been over a year.

I’ve been trying to live without you,

but it is something I cannot do.

You are too dear to my heart,

and it bothers me that we’re so far apart.

I miss you, like how a child misses their favorite toy.

I love you.

My dear brother.