the importance of a simple question.

that day I'm not sure exactly what was going through my mind
honest
I think I was just lonely.
but we were sitting there
me, mum, and dad.
in the window seat 
when I asked for you.
they tried to satisfy me with a teddy bear
but I was smart enough to know that a teddy bear didn't play with you 
it didn't laugh
or scowl when it was hurt
it just smiled 
it's blank eyes always open
I knew
that a teddy bear 
wasn't going to suffice. 
and I insisted.
so now
as I look over at you 
while your doing your schoolwork 
I realize little brother
just how important that day was. 
and just how much you changed my life.