GRIEF Poem: Big Brother, by Madison Eden

I’ve been thinking about you lately
It’s that time of the year I guess
the time where I clutch onto your blanket like a little kid that’s scared of the dark
begging you to come back to me
come back and protect me like a good older brother does
I’ve been talking to your picture lately
having hallucinations that you are talking back to me
I miss you so intensely around this time of the year that I can physically feel the hole in my chest
the one that started when you left
I’ve been debating hiking your favorite mountain
the heat is little pain compared to the grief I feel when I think of you
think of what could have been
I think that’s the worst part
what could have been
you coming to my 21st birthday party
bringing me a gift you know I’d like
because you know me so well
talking to my friends and my cousins
and I’d look at you
looking up to you like a knight in shining armor because that is what you are to me
you are my knight
you are my protector
you are my big brother

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