Beloved brother My comrade, my mentor You see so much in me That I do not see Within myself And you believed In me when no one Ever did, When the road was rough And the tunnel long And arduous⦠Dark, dense, humid You taught me the power Of love and unity You showed me the tenderness Of compassion You made me a brave warrior Trekking the thorny path Being unafraid to fail, To succeed, in the final analysis There is a flower of hope in your eyes In your heart there can never be lies I can have no better friend than you No better champion than you Knight in shining armor, When the days seem endless And the nights, raven black Together we weathered the storm Together we braved the unrelenting Torrents of rain, in this world war Called life There are no words to thank you And as a poet I now stand without words For you are the words to this poem You are the lyric of my songs as we travel towards the end, Of our hard won race, As we lie below the grasses, Beside our revered ancestors, It will be an honor To mark my tombstone That I was she who had A beloved brother A comrade A mentor And the most precious Gift of a friend Called My beloved brother