Us together
Nobody could tell us what to do or tell us how to be
We were the best of friends
We did everything together and I loved it
Capturing robbers and bringing them to jail
Our parents tried to control our overwhelming behavior but not even they had a say in the people we wanted to be
He was the child that nobody wanted in their class
With his non-stop legs and mouth it was almost impossible to teach him anything
When the teacher stopped having to send home faces, my parents knew that their baby was becoming a boy
That boy went through his elementary years as the kid who was idolized by everybody
A little boy makng a big impact
That little boy entered into a new world
A world with older kids who didn't understand or care about his social standing
His sixth grade rolled on and that little boy became a teenager
With his rebellious personality developing
There was no more us, just him and me
We, no longer existed only me and him
He found better people to capture the robbers with
His interest in girls was where it ended
I saw him when I would pass in the halls, the smirk from all his friends and the gesture toward me made me realized that they care, but when his face turned away, my heart went with him leaving me with nothing
That teenager entered into a brutal world of high school
I thought I might enter into that world, but I never did, I was just an orbit swirling around and watching him find a new life, away from me and away from his family
Now that I am beginning to enter into that world, he is leaving
He is starting his own life as it should be, but I am not ready for him to leave
He's ready to go and be his own person, but right when he steps out of that door, he will be gone from my present and future
All I have is my past and I have been living in the past for years now and it's time to look into a new future
He is my brother and I am his sister that's all I can say about our bond
That baby that my family once knew is not a boy or a teenager but a man
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