Sunbeams

My brother, I miss you,
So long you have been away...
Can I pretend that you just aren't back
From visiting a far off country
Like Tanzania or Iraq? 

I could pretend;

(You know I can,
I can do it well.
Because you were Peter Pan
And I was Tinkerbell, way back when...)

Except for the fact that I was there
When you slipped away,
So early in the morning
As we were grieving you. 

Never has daylight been more welcome to me
As after that long, dark, rainy night.

After they took your earthly shell away,
God sent the most amazing sunbeam
to hit the nightstand beside your bed
where your cards and little robin were.

Thank you for waving goodbye, Eddie.