For Hannah, Isaac, and Dave

I cannot say
Why I left you behind

But seeing your face
Now serves to remind

How years have slipped past
With me unaware

Your place in my heart
Has been so long bare

The future will show
The path we must take

All the old habits
Of life we must break

Wounds were inflicted
By them and by me

I burried mine down
Below the dark sea

Time can heal nothing
We have to dig deep

Down into the dirt
Where crawling things creep

I'd like to come back
Your big brother to be

And fill that good role
Expected of me

But I will not beg
Or ask you for more

Than what you can give
From a heart's open door

Perhaps it's too late
My effort too small

Experience shows
Clear words on the wall

My heart will stay here
Should you choose to come

And welcome me in
As part of your home.