One of the “Ones”

I don’t think you ever knew how much you meant to me. 

Though I told you time and time again how much I admired you, wanted to be like you, that I loved you like my own brother, words could never have expressed the feeling. Ironically, you were blinded by your own admiration of me that my words could have never penetrated your heart so that you would understand. 

Two people who put the other on a pedestal. We spend our days 24/7 with each other. We ate, drank, slept and dreamt in each others presence. There wasn’t a thought that I could keep from you. Before I could even speak it, you would utter the words for me.

My brother. Myself. 

Since the day I left your half of the world I’ve never been complete. Never to be in the presense of your greatness again. The only time I feel like me is when I’m around you. The only time I feel like I belong is when you are in my presence. You gave me something that no one else before or since has offered me. Total Acceptance. Total appreciation. Total Love. 

Now, we raise our children apart with our wives in spite of our well constructed plans. The master plan. The plan that would ensure our eternal bond in this life and the next. But time and circumstance pulls us apart, breaks us down, and reinvents our lives. 

I meet few people in my life that leave the profound influence that you leave me. I can count these people on my hands. For every 200 wastes of my time there is 1 that makes life sweet. You are One of these Ones. Thank you for existing.