Breathe and bloom

He was just seventeen, still chasing light,
With dreams of stars and endless flight.
I knew him since he wore tiny shoes,
He'd fall, then laugh, like he couldn’t lose.

His brother's my best friend, our bond ran deep,
He was like a kid brother I got to keep.
He cracked the dumbest jokes, made us all cry-laugh,
Lit every room, no need for a mask.

[Pre-Chorus]
But nights got quiet, his mind got loud,
He’d call me up on discord when fear hung down.
“Why are we here? What’s after this?”
I’d talk him through the cosmic mist...

[Chorus]
And now he’s gone, just seventeen,
A car crash stole the in-between.
Everyone loved him—God, that’s true,
There’s a hole in the world we can’t undo.
I was in class when the  call came,
My chest collapsed, nothing felt the same.
He aimed for space, now I’m left behind—
With seventeen stars burned in my mind.

[Verse 2]
We'd game ‘til late, just dumb little things,
He'd talk about rockets and Saturn’s rings.
Said he'd be an astronaut someday,
“Even gravity won’t make me stay.”

I watched him grow from four to tall,
He danced through life, joked through it all.
He never knew the light he gave,
Now silence echoes where he played.

[Chorus]
And now he’s gone, just seventeen,
A flash of laughter, lost between.
His brother's eyes don't shine the same—
We all lost something we can't name.
I still hear him in the quiet night,
Asking questions, chasing light.
You're not gone, just far from sight—
Seventeen stars still burning bright.

[Bridge]
If love could bring you back somehow,
You’d be laughing in this room right now.
But heaven took you much too soon—
A rocket boy without a moon.

[Final Chorus]
Seventeen years, a life so wide,
Now you’re floating on the other side.
You wanted stars, you got your flight—
But I’d give mine to hold you tight.
I still cry when I hear your song…
But your light in us keeps burning strong.
You’re not gone, you just aligned—
With the seventeen stars you left behind.

Farwell My Brother

like falling in love with a memory. Full of feeling, full of light, full of loss.

ALX

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