My big brother came home
And he wasn't my big brother anymore
Instead when I got home from school there was someone else sitting on the couch
Someone grey
And this grey man laughed
And he looked happy
But he wasn't my big brother
And for the next few months this grey man was there
Taking my brother's place
Taking my brother's hugs
Sleeping in my brother's house
And then one day the grey man was gone
And I woke up and my mom told me
Big brother left us and he's gone home to Heaven
And when I looked at the picture we had of the grey man coming home
I realized the grey man
Looked just like you, big brother
And sometimes I wish
The grey man hadn't taken your place.
