I once had a brother who loved to drink coke everyday I once had a brother who could laugh the town away But one day it all changed when we found out the news: My brother was dying, then all day he snoozed. I had to be quiet or else he would wake. And all over the house were pills and heartache. I once had a brother that could swim in the pool I once had a brother that wend to Jr. High School But as he got sicker he had to lay off, he stayed home on the couch and he slept while he coughed. I tried to understand like a good sister should do but I had my own stuff that I wanted to do. I stayed home with my mom and did my best to help I mostly hugged him a lot while he screamed and he yelped He screamed lots of bad things and through his pills at the door But I couldn't give up he wasn't just another chore When the time came for me to say good-by we had such a great time, but it was so hard not to cry As more time had passed he was preparing to go he got weaker and weaker and it started to show No one wanted to believe that he would go so soon, and I felt like going inside my own special cacoon I once had a brother that could stand up and walk I once had a brother that would answer back when we talked But that has all changed now; we've laid him to rest My brother suffered and died from a disease called CF