To My Brother

Boy, my love for you,

I can’t express

Like poets do

Yet, my heart I pour

With simple expressions.

How time passes!

Remember two little brats?

Who stealthily raided

Mother’s ‘new’ sweets

And clambered trees

Every eve we shared

Father’s spanking for mischief

And few moments we huddled

With pretentious dismay

But off we were again

To play new tricks.

Nights we spent

Gazing at the moon.

You created incredible tales,

While I lay gaping ,

Digesting each fib you lisped

‘Fibber’ you created the tale

Of your encounter with a lion.

We displayed some stunts too

Joy and pain we shared

Each moment we relished

Basking in our love

You soothed me

When my ruthless mates

Remarked me clumsy

You shielded me

From our enemies

We whispered our first’ loves’

And giggled together

Wish, those bygone days to return

That again, two little brats

Scud, hands clasped tight!

Clambering trees, creating ‘fibs’

With innocent adoration.

This was written for my brother on his birthday.

ANUSHA.U.R.

13 yrs