NEONIK 68, NEONIK 68 Separate Shores

You came into this world in late spring sunshine
While winter greeted me with frost and snow
For you the flowers opened in the warm May breeze
For me the northern winds began to blow

I do not know if life was kind and fair to you
No need to search for answers anymore
There is no hatred standing here between us
But something keeps us standing on separate shores

My brother you could have been my shelter
The steady hand I needed through the years
But all we share is simple family habit
Not the bond that rises stronger than our fears

When summer came and sickness took me by surprise
And rushed me through those hospital doors
You called me only asking of our mother
Nothing more

You took sweet Vera as your loving partner
A fiery beauty lighting up your life
And I remain a lonely man my brother
For reasons I dont need to justify

Our roads in life were leading different directions
Beneath the same old ever-changing sky
But I have never held resentment toward you
I let the bitter winds of anger pass me by

The years rolled on and both of us grew older
The mirror tells the story every day
Yet time cannot erase the things unspoken
Or wash the silent distance all away

But we still share the same beloved mother
Our fading angel tired and growing weak
She barely sees and hardly hears us talking
And struggles now to find the words to speak

Her lonely bed became her closest companion
Her world grows smaller with each passing day
And sometimes when I sit beside her quietly
She looks right through me and turns away

You took sweet Vera as your loving partner
A fiery beauty lighting up your life
And I remain a lonely man my brother
For reasons I dont need to justify

Because for me you were a role model
I followed many footsteps that you made
I served my time I tried to earn your friendship
But somehow all my efforts seemed to fade

Maybe it was simply age between us
You were already standing tall and strong
While I was still a boy who looked up to you
Trying to find where I belonged

You took sweet Vera as your loving partner
A fiery beauty lighting up your life
And I remain a lonely man my brother
For reasons I dont need to justify

You took sweet Vera as your loving partner
A burning flame beneath your roof above
And though we never learned to understand each other
I still remember you with brotherly love

My brother
The years go by
Still my brother