Without You, Brother....

Climbing up the stairs
To an empty room
With a heavy heart,
So full of gloom

Feeling so lonely.
Confused and alone,
Reluctant to return
And come back home.

Feeling like an intruder,
A stranger on my own,
Without you, it just doesn't
Seem like home.

The cold indifference,
The veiled thoughts
The barbed words
And no one to talk to....

Though you are not here
Your presence is everywhere
In the mess on the table,
The clothes thrown around
The jumble of books
And cassettes everywhere.....

And I keep waiting .....
.... to hear your step on the stairs
and your rumbling laughter,
to see that smile on your face
and that twinkle in your eyes .....

I know all this sounds like mushy goo,
But brother, I really do miss you!