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Dear Grand Dad

When you died
     We wept and cried
So much you left
     Inside unsaid
Buried with
     Unexpressed regrets
Nothing to do with
     Your grand children
You adored us
     Unconditionally
Our youth our zest
     Our innocence
No judging ever
     Pure candid love 

We gathered 
     When it happened
And I was the one
     Who insisted
I’d sleep in your bed
     I felt so privileged
Never doubting
     You had visited
And kissed my head 
     Watched over me
Nestled there tiny in
     The palm of your hand
Keeping me warm
     All night till morn



AP: Honorable Mention 2026, Honorable Mention 2021
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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