My brother, six years older than I.
Why must he die?
My brother taught me and other a lot.
For this his death - - -is that what he got?
My brother - - -people loved him; he loved them; You too.
Is this the thanks he gets from you?
My brother hadn't the chance to be a husband and have a wife.
So why did you have to end his life?
My brother was nineteen when You took him away.
Why did you God? Or can't you say?
My brother, six years older than I.
Why must he die?
Leslie Sue Ashley
©1978