IF I HAD REACHED OUT MY HAND, WOULD YOU HAVE TAKEN IT THAT DAY? COULD I HAVE MADE YOU FEEL BETTER? COULD I HAVE MADE YOU OKAY? COULD I HAVE PULLED YOU AWAY FROM THE DARK INTO LIGHT? BROUGHT YOU RIGHT BACK TO A SAFE PLACE AND JUST HELD YOU TIGHT? WHY DIDN'T YOU SHOUT LOUDER? WHY COULDN'T WE HEAR? YOU WERE ALL ALONE THAT MORNING, ALL ALONE IN YOUR FEAR. I KNOW WE COULD HAVE SAVED YOU IF WE HAD JUST SEEN YOU STUCK IN THAT PAIN AND TORMENT. HOW LONG HAD IT BEEN? YOUR BURDEN YOU CARRIED IN AN INVISIBLE CASE. YOU SUFFERED IN SILENCE WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE. SO MANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE. SO MANY WORDS UNSPOKEN. WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW THAT YOUR LIFE WAS SO BROKEN? I MISS YOU EACH DAY. I TRY TO UNDERSTAND YOUR CHOICE. IF I CLOSE MY EYES, TRY HARD, I CAN STILL HEAR YOUR VOICE. I KNOW YOU ARE FREE NOW, FREE TO FLY HIGH. I IMAGINE I SEE YOU WHEN I LOOK UP TO THE SKY. I CAN'T TURN THE CLOCK BACK. I CAN'T CHANGE TIME, BUT OH HOW I WISH I COULD, SWEET BROTHER OF MINE. I KNOW YOU ARE STILL WITH US, WATCHING, KEEPING US SAFE, AND ONE DAY WE'LL MEET AGAIN IN A HEAVENLY PLACE. SOURCE: HTTPS://WWW.FAMILYFRIENDPOEMS.COM/POEM/JIM-2