The Day My World Changed (Revised)

For my brother....rest in paradise. I'll see you when I get there.

- I've been a complete mess since you've gone away. I wish I could rewind the time and convince you to stay.

- I had ceased to think with any reasoning, felt no more purpose at all, as my world crumbled around me, with that dreadful call.

- I was just moving about, beginning my day. My phone rang, it was early, the news took my breath away.

- A stranger then asked me whether or not I knew you and it hit me that instant, as it began to sink in - you'd been taken from me, I'd never see you again.

- I tried convincing myself that it wasn't true. A shiver, then violent shakes. "Oh God, what happened? What did you do?"

- The clock stopped and held me frozen in time, then I began to fall. Now, in the floor I lay, a crumpled pile of nothing, more numb than I can ever recall.

- My tears fell freely like that of pouring rain. A part of me inside now was dying. Nothing ever, could compare to the pain.

- Words could never describe my emptiness in that particular time and place. Already I yearned to hug you again, to just see your face....

- Looking back now, it's been years since that day. I've still and yet, to find a way.
An easier way to cope, now that you're not here but at least I still have our memories to forever hold dear.

Reviews

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I could feel the distress and the hurt in this piece. It reminds me that one day i will lose my siblings or they will lose me i dont want to experience it. Good write to remember your brother

[Samuel Dickens]

You express very well the way many of us have felt on such terrible days. It reminds me of my own early morning phone call concerning my younger brother. Hopefully, we'll see them again.

[KateH038]

Oh, yes sir. I firmly believe that we'll see them again. They're just waiting on us to get there. I'm very sorry that you, too had to ensure that. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Thank you, sir for taking the time to read as well as review this poem.

[KateH038]

(Correction to above)
Endure **

[Chris]

Your family IS your absolute last line of defense and support when life "happens"- as it A L W A Y S does; and yet, sometimes family DOES treat its own shabbily - go figure.

When we lose those that CARE about us and for us - we are always the lesser with their passing. We have our memories and the forever sad smile they left within.

[KateH038]

Your comment made me tear up, Chris. Right you are. As always, thank you for your time as well as your review, friend.