Benji/Why/Missing You

Benji

Why did you go?
And where have you gone to?
These are the questions,
I ask you.

You were you
Something like me
But still nothing like me.
Your name was your own
Not Ben or Benny or Benjamin,
But Benji, like the dog in the movie.
You were blond and I am dark
Still you were a part of me that has never died.

I can't remember tears,
Only smiles.
Fights have faded,
But love is clear.

Now I have nothing to cling to,
But old pictures and fleeting memories.
I wonder who the little boy would be now.
Often I ask myself,
Is that him?
Is that my little brother?
But, of course,
There is no answer.
You hardly knew the joys of living
Before you were snatched away.

So I ask you, Little Brother,
(A name that means only you to me)
Why did you go?
And where have you gone to?
Will there ever be an answer?