Tuesday, September 15, 2026

T W E L V E Y E A R S

I just can't believe how quickly time flies. I know it's a cliche thing to say, but it's true. The older you get the quicker time passes.

It's been twelve years since my brother's death. Some of the grief has faded away, but some of it will always be there.

Every year, at least since I discovered this commercial, I watch it and weep.

Here are the words to the poem in the commercial:


Walking the roads of our youth

Through the land of our childhood, our home and our truth

Be near me, guide me

Always stay beside me so I can be free

Free.


Let's run this place

Familiar and vast, our playground of green frames our past

We were wanderers

Never lost, always home

When every place was fenceless and time was endless

Our ways were always the same


Calm my demons and walk with me brother

Until our roads lead us away from each other

And if your heart's full of sorrow, keep walking

Don't rest and promise me from heart to chest

To never let your memories die. Never.

I'll aways be alive and by your side

In your mind

I am free.




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