For Ben

My beloved brother, smart and kind,
A child who longed for years
A youthful, charming, genius mind,
Potential drowned in fears.

Through younger years he turned to beers,
To pull him through his plight.
He shed his tears and fought his fears,
And battled day and night.

The times he spent, broken and bent,
The sleepless nights in tears.
A broken heart, family torn apart,
He cried for distant years.

His talent shown through furious tone
When passionate piece he'd play,
The music hid an anguished moan,
Like thoughts he could not say.

We stood together way back then,
We braved the tempest as mortal men.
A-million treatments over again,
I'd bear for my dear brother Ben.

But on he went through dark event,
Too deep for him to see.
Toward one his heart was never meant,
And would not to set him free.

His dark and lonely moonless nights,
His endless journey toward the light.
His aching dreams and teardrop streams,
Have all come to an end it seems.
And peaceful eyes shine in the skies,
And midnight's kiss never denies,
The teardrops shed and endless cries
From painful loss and questions why.

Someday my brother, I don't know when,
But we will have another time.
Though not in this world as mortal men,
Tall mountains we will climb.
We'll stand together once again,
In a paradise without crime.
We'll fly again my brother Ben,
Then as family, together we'll shine.