My Brother Has Cancer

My brother has cancer He’s four years older than me He’s all that I have left Of my original family Medicine freaks him out So in the hospital he goes He’s also got dementia How long he has, know one knows So I’ve been thinkin’ quite a lot About our childhood together It was just he and I And our dad and our mother We played games constantly Got in trouble when we’d fight But that was a game as well Our young world seemed so bright Mom was sick a lot it seemed I learned to cook quite young I remember when my brother Wouldn’t eat the gravy I spun “I can’t eat this” he would say “It’s got lots of lumps in there” But now it makes me smile So many memories we share. But his mind is going quickly I have to visit while it lasts Chat about the happy times Of our wonderful childhood past!