One More Goodbye

[cam4u]

One More Goodbye

 

September 28, 2004

For Grandpa

By Cam

 

 

I knew for so long

that the time would finally come

for me to say goodbye one last time

 

forever it seems

doesn't offer a thing

so for now, I'll miss you and put it behind

 

but when you lose someone so close

to your heart that you hold dear

someone you thought would really never go

 

do I curl up and cry?

do I lay down and die?

are things I think knowing you drew your last breath alone

 

So utterly sad is this life,

With such pain, and such strife

Its time now to look deep inside

 

I knew for so long

that the day would finally come

but oh…. For just one more goodbye

[BellaDonna]

Oh my goodness- that poem made my eyes water....

 

 

I think grandparents are such a great gift to a person's life. I am lucky enough to have both sets of grandparents still here with me today, as well as a great grandmother. In many ways I feel closer to them than my own parents.

 

I knew for so long

that the day would finally come

 

I couldn't imagine life without them, though I know that time will catch up to me one day and I will be forced to feel what you are feeling now. They are such a great gift- but they are taken away too soon. Just know that you brought joy into your grandfather's life and that one day, someone will call you "grandpa". You can share that same love he gave you. It never ends. Not even time can take that away.

 

 

BellaDonna