A Letter's Reply

A simple reply to a letter
Would simply not be enough
To show all the love that I hide
Deep within my soul.

A simple reply to complexity
Would be blowing into the wind...
So I've decided to stray from simplicity
And give you my hand instead.

You've taught me who I am,
And taught me how to love again.
You've opened locked doors and thrown away tormenting keys

A loss for words would be an understatement for the millions I have bottled up
Just waiting for that bus stop hug
That mcdonalds smile
That street race
Or that game-winning nod...

So I leave you with this:
I remember vividly the first time you hugged me
No, not the first time I hugged you
Nor the first time we embraced.
It was that fateful night
Simple but complex
And everything you ever needed to say
Was intertwined in your hug
Which could have been all of five seconds
But lasted for a lifetime...

Remember your brother
Is always there
Through time and space
Through challenge and fear
And a reply could not be complete
Without a true revelation of who you are and who you'll be.

You inspire generations, both yours, the ones before and the ones after.
You inspire me.