My brother has cancer <br />He’s four years older than me <br />He’s all that I have left <br />Of my original family <br /> <br />Medicine freaks him out <br />So in the hospital he goes <br />He’s also got dementia <br />How long he has, know one knows <br /> <br />So I’ve been thinkin’ quite a lot <br />About our childhood together <br />It was just he and I <br />And our dad and our mother <br /> <br />We played games constantly <br />Got in trouble when we’d fight <br />But that was a game as well <br />Our young world seemed so bright <br /> <br />Mom was sick a lot it seemed <br />I learned to cook quite young <br />I remember when my brother <br />Wouldn’t eat the gravy I spun <br /> <br />“I can’t eat this” he would say <br />“It’s got lots of lumps in there” <br />But now it makes me smile <br />So many memories we share. <br /> <br />But his mind is going quickly <br />I have to visit while it lasts <br />Chat about the happy times <br />Of our wonderful childhood past!<br /><br />Marilyn Lott<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-brother-has-cancer/
