MY BROTHER

BY ALICE DONATELLI
 

I ALWAYS WANTED A BROTHER,
TO TELL MY TROUBLES TO,
A VERY SPECIAL BROTHER,
A BROTHER TRIED AND TRUE.
 

I ALWAYS WANTED A BROTHER,
TO TAKE MOST ANYWHERE,
MAYBE TO THE MOVIES,
OR TO THE COUNTY FAIR.
 

I ALWAYS WANTD A BROTHER,
TO HUG AND KISS GOODNIGHT,
A SPECIAL BABY BROTHER,
TO WATCH HIM GROW UP RIGHT.
 

BUT MY BABY BROTHER ,
WAS TAKEN FROM ME,
SOMEWHERE TO PARTS UNKNOWN,
IT LEFT ME BROKEN HEARTED,
BECAUSE NOW I WAS ALONE.
 

I SWORE SOMEDAY I WOULD FIND HIM,
BUT WHERE WAS I TO LOOK,
I NEEDED TO FIND MY BROTHER,
TO CLOSE THE FAMILY BOOK.
 

I PRAYED TO GOD MOST EVERY NIGHT,
TO ANSWER ONE SPECIAL PRAYER,
THAT WHEN I WOKE UP SOME MORNING,
HE'D BE STANDING THERE.
 

I THOUGHT MY SEARCH WAS OVER,
I FELT WEAKER EVERY DAY,
UNTIL THAT FAITHFUL EVENING,
THIS IS YOUR BROTHER,
I HEARD HIM SAY.
 

NOW MY SEARCH IS OVER,
I FOUND WHAT I ONCE LOVED,
AND NO ONE CAN TAKE HIM FROM ME,
EXCEPT THE LORD ABOVE.