Fractured Home

A fractured house for my absent brother.

The calendar demands we face the day.

I can't comfort my father or mother.

Marigolds bring his portrait some colour,

Behind a chocolate box for his birthday.

A fractured home for my absent brother.

Pacing the terrace, one step then another,

Mother wipes her tears, that won't go away.

I can't comfort my father or mother.

​He weeps into a towel as he suffers,

Father looks back, especially today.

A fractured home for my absent brother.

I try to joke, they might rediscover,

How to smile, and know all will be okay.

I can't comfort my father or mother.

How do you move on, can you recover?

Can you lose a child, then get up and play?

A fractured home for my absent brother.

I can't comfort my father or mother.