Lately I have been thinking about you <br />Brother <br />Before I fall asleep and sometimes before <br />I become awake… <br />Are you warm are you cold where you lie <br />Can you smell the flowers of May? <br />Can you feel the sunshine in your eyes? <br />Or the wind when it blows at the night’s <br />Silent fall <br />Why did you have to leave it all behind <br />So suddenly <br />Brother to my soul <br />Boys until the End of Time <br />Does your spirit remember me? <br />I remember how I found it out <br />The day I came looking for you <br />With my girl to show her to you <br />They told me, you are not around <br />I said, can I sit and wait for him <br />But they said you won’t be coming; <br />Coming home any more… <br />It took me a while to get it, but <br />When it finally hit me it hit me <br />Like a lightning bolt from hell <br />Down to the ground I nearly fell <br />I will never see your proud gait <br />Or hear the sound of your laughter <br />Never in this world again... <br />I trust that you are good, my friend <br />And that we do meet again sometime <br />Somewhere in God’s plan, Supreme<br /><br />Lungelo Mpatho<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/old-friend-for-zes/
