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He was so happy just for a while,
Because I had a brother before I was born,
But,
He died,
I don't know the reason,
I never asked,
My grandfather died the same year my mother told me. I imagine,
The darkness in his eyes,
Is not completely gone,
A shadow of my brother whose life was cut short,
It bloomed before could grow,
I want to do something that brings a smile to his face.
To lighten his days
To bring happiness.
I try to remember him the day I was born,
Alone waiting and waiting,
Finally,
Finally,
I am six playing in his arms,
He is holding me on his shoulder,
So I can see the fair in the crowded land,
I say something to him in my tiny little voice,
He smiles,
And say,
It's ok,
I am fine,
He is tired from working all day.
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