I loved you before I met you My twin from the dark You were our mother’s favorite She’d play with us in the park Little rubber boots Puddles in the rain How she’d gazed at your picture Now missing from the frame A million thoughts echoed in her head Not one of them directed towards me instead Where’d you go, oh brother of mine? To a far away place I’ll never know Our house doesn’t feel the same Without you, I feel lifeless- alone The police went looking for you But you never came home Your friends asked me where you went I told them I thought you’d gone on a trip And when everyone you ever knew was loved by you Your blue bike was found, missing too Now you’re not here at all They say its harder before the fall But the fall seems endless when I’m not with you Those sirens blaring in my head Blue white and red Caution tape, found dead Please don’t leave me on read There’s not a single red thread to trace your footsteps again No marks on the trees to lead you back to me Photographs only show me what I don’t want to see Mother’s gone and lost it- completely Unhinged what happened can never happen again