A Rainy Day

I found this poem written a while back. I know it is about my late brother, but I share it because the sentiments could be universal.

A Rainy Day

Since I was a kid

He told me

With a big smile

He could fix them

Rainy days, that is

I believed him

I believed the smile

I can't remember the year

Maybe the year the smile went away

Then he looked at me

Like I was expected to fix

The rainy days, that is

But I couldn't fix them either

I kept my smile--his smile

It was all that I had left.