I Speak Your Name, I Hear Your Voice

I speak your name

I swear

I hear your voice

Never will I lose you

Never will I leave you

My brother

You are here in my heart

I speak your name

I see your face

Your freckles 

Strawberry red hair

Blue eyes

Your deep smile lines

from twenty-four years

of laughing and loving

and living

I speak your name

and I swear

I hear your voice

See your face

Feel your arms around me

Never will I forget you

My brother

My son

My nephew 

My cousin

Most importantly

My friend

And if you ever think to go,

I beg of you to

Protect me from the demons 

That haunt me in my dreams.

Be my angel,

Be my guardian angel.

Watch out for us all.