Last summer my brother moved out of state, hours away from me. I had a hard time dealing with him not being around because we were very close. I still miss him very much but I know we will always be close.

This poem originally was published in Poems on Life - Family Poems

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Never Ending Rain
by Kristi Maxim
You had to go and that is understood.
Things just weren’t right here for you.
The feeling you have given me
Has left me alone, standing alone.
I’m almost certain that you can see.

During your absence it has given me time
To think of ways I can escape this.
To run away from the pain.
Nothing ever seems to work
It’s almost like a never ending rain.

With you there and me here standing alone
I worry for the day to come
The day when we are further apart
You won’t be there in the coming year,
To help me through things, but you’ll be in my heart.

There is also a fear of being detached,
Of being separate for so long.
We have progressed through the years.
The times we have shared merely brightened my day
And now all I can do is shed the tears.

The hurt that I am feeling right now,
I know that you can feel it inside.
But I want you to remember that once it’s through,
You’ll always be my big brother,
Someone whom I will forever look up to.
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14 Visitor Comments (from the Voting form)
  • susan
    Thank you for this poem! My big brother and I have not spoken to each other in almost 3 years now, because he and his wife are unwilling to mend the things that have torn us apart.
  • Tiffany
    Wow, this poem touched me. My cousin Cesar died 6 years ago from food poisining. He was only 10. He would have been 17 now, a few months older than me. He left my cousin Junior and me behind. We were like the 3 amigos. We were unseperrable. When he died, Junior and I seperated. Now he's locked up and I've been searching for a poem to send to him. Maybe he'll understand that he's not a kid anymore. his next crime he'll be charged as an adult. Thank You for writing this.
  • nicole
    id just like 2 say i no how u fell my brother died 11 years ago and still 2 this day i miss him just as much as the day he died id like 2 say thank u 4 ur poems it was briliant! keep at it
  • Peggy
    I thought your poem was wonderful. It truly touched my heart. My older brother completed suicide almost 10 yrs. ago and your poem truly touched my heart. Thank you
  • Crystal
    AWWWW! i love this poem it really left a pawprint in my heart! My brother and me are really close and he is on his own away from me right now and i cant see him!
  • Kristal
    I loved this poem. I have searched the internet trying to find the perfect poem for my brother who also lives out of state and this is perfect. THANK YOU
  • Gretchen
    My Brother, John, passed away 3 months ago and even though he was a year younger than me, this poem touched me. It is a lot of how I am feeling at this point in time. Thank you.
  • Kelly
    Oh My GOSH! I cried when i read your poem. My brother left 10 years ago to go back home to his mom's in Fl. (i'm in NY), and i haven't seen or heard from him since. (i'm a teenager)This poem touched me so much, i don't think you have any idea. I'm keeping a copy of it with me at all times. Thank-you for sharing your poem with all of us.
  • Dee
    I enjoy this poem very much. I found my brother after 25 yrs. Went back to Ohio an visited him this past spring and it was like we were never apart.
  • carly
    this poem was was really good it made me cry. it was the perfect tyming for ur poem. i have a 29 year old brother at war right now he is over seas in qawait. thanks for writeing it
  • ilsse
    i know how you feel. my big brother moved last summer to another state and i real miss him. every time i was sad, he would always do something to cheer me up. but i know he is with someone who will always take care of him.
  • Sharon
    thispoem really touched me! My brother died in April 2001 in a car accident. Thanks for writing it!
  • Jennifer
    This is a touching poem!
  • Cyndi
    This one touched home with me. My big brother was murdered 2 yrs ago.
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