Close your
eyes, brother.
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Close your eyes, brother. Close your eyes.
Sleep, and I will watch over you.
Close your eyes, and dream of all the moments you shared with us.
All the moments that made you smile with us, smile at us.
Remember.
Remember when you chased butterflies? When you won at chess? When
you
read the Christmas story?
Remember the dogs that kept us awake all night?
Close your eyes, and dream of the moments you shared with us.
All the moments that made you sad, the moments that made you weep
and
cry out because of the bitterness of this world.
Remember.
The woman you loved with all your heart and lost. The friends you
had
to bury. The people you lost when you needed them the most.
Close your eyes, brother, and dream of the moments you shared with
us.
Remember.
Remember when we laughed, and cried, and argued, the moments when we
loved.
Remember.
Close your eyes, brother. Close your eyes.
Sleep, and I will watch over you.
Close your eyes.
You will be safe.
Sleep, my brother.
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Nanuk