When you’re the youngest of the family
A midget next to all
You look up to everyone
As they walk proud and tall

But since you’re the youngest
They grow up before you do
One by one moving away
As you wait til you can too

First you let go of siblings
As they go away to college
Moving into dorms
In search of dreams and knowledge

Then you let go of parents
When you finally turn eighteen
Going out to conquer the world
As the new king or queen

Then come the weddings
When they find that special someone
You have to share your older brother
Since his new life has begun

Next are the funerals
When the older generations pass away
You live all alone now
With no one to share the day

By now you’re used to the loss
The pain and the sorrow
You forgot about the part
Where life gives a new tomorrow

Perhaps you’ve found your partner
Hope to start a family
Together you chase your dreams
To stars across the galaxy

Now as your children leave
Come back the pain and sorrow
You remember all the times you had
Although it seems an age ago

You realize now if you hadn’t lost them
Your parents, siblings, and kids
You wouldn’t know how much they meant to you
As life ebbs from your wrinkled eyelids