Bring
Brother Back
Hannah
Dills
With
his new bag and shoes,
After all of the fuss,
My mom and I walked
Brother out to the bus.
On
the big school bus,
I sure wanted to go,
But Mom held my hand
And shook her head no.
When
Mom asked was I hungry,
I wanted no snack,
I wanted that bus
To bring brother back.
Mom
said we would wait
Until three o’clock,
But the clock went too slowly
Just tick and then tock.
Mom
said we’d have fun,
It would all be okay,
And whatever I picked
Is what we would play.
To
help the long day
To go really fast,
We slid at the park
Me first and Mom last.
With
naptime there came
No one to brother’s bed,
So Mom put a big bear
In there instead.
When
I got out of bed
And heard our clock chime,
Mom said that it finally
Was just the right time.
Then
brother’s bus came
And he took off his pack,
And I hugged him to show
I was glad he came back.
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Hannah
Dills has been writing creatively since she was eight years
old. She won regional writing competitions in junior high school,
which fueled her dreams to become a published author. In addition
to being a full-time mom, she writes children's stories and romance
novels, and she is a member of the Romance Writers of America
and the Barnes & Noble Writers' Group.
“Bring
Brother Back” was inspired when she erroneously thought her
younger son would be thrilled to finally have alone time with
his mom once his older brother started kindergarten.
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Hannah Dills