The day you were born,
I couldn't be there to see you all wrapped up in blue.
Dad called me to say that
the doctors said you were perfectly healthy.
I wanted to come straight away,
but we have different mothers,
and mine would not take me.
I didn't think it was capable for me;
To love you more than I love anything.
I look through your blue-green eyes;
the same ones we share,
and see myself.
I was a happy little nuisance like you.
Your laughter, even when you know
you're being naughty,
Makes me laugh as hard as you do.
I can't help but smile when I think
of you, little brother.
When I lay you down for a nap,
it is relief, but do I get bored
when you're gone?
Yes I do.
Sometimes I sneak in your room
and watch you peacefully sleeping
just to make sure you're okay.
The day you were born,
I couldn't be there to see you all wrapped in blue,
but that matters not,
because nobody loves you more than I love you.
A poem to my baby brother. He's 18 months now.