There's no friend quite like an older brother.
Often when I rummage through our lives,
Memories like orange-colored lanterns
Yield your face, gold against the darkness.
Populating your proposed adventures
Gives me a joy that mine must give to you.
We've been through much, and will be through much more,
But traveling together is more fun.
When I talk about you to others,
I feel so pleased, so proud of your personality.
I see the big person that is in you.
So many times you were what I would be,
Initiating dreams that now are me,
Showing me my youth in all its starkness,
Treating with soft charm my fiercest phantoms.
Each time I think of you, my smile revives,
Recalling when I was your little blister.

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I don't know who I must thank,
For have giving me some angel like you.
Who protects me, 
and takes care of my soul;
And who helps me going ahead.
You're my inspiration, 
The God I admire.