Gone

I recall that tragic day When the telephone rang. Still, so fresh like yesterday; A year ago, such pain. A familiar voice on the other end, What she was saying couldn't be true. My mother's words I didn't comprehend, Asking how God could be so cruel? He took away the only one That had ever been there. She was my "SPECIAL SOMEONE", Always showing me she cared. My Grandma had a heart of gold And was full of nothing but good. The cute little stories she told Brightened up my childhood. Without her raising me, There's so much I wouldn't know. Who knows where I'd be If she hadn't taught me to grow. In an instant, POOF!, she's gone, A terrible accident took her away, Making it difficult to move on, Regretting the things I didn't say. How I LOVED her, heart and soul, Wishing I had made that clear. Was she proud, I'd like to know Of the woman I am in the mirror? I believed I'd have her always, Planning to visit more or call. Thinking we had plenty of days, But that wasn't the case at all. In one day, a single moment It can all disappear, Not realizing how much they meant, Until now, that they're not here. (12/08/06-In memory of my Grandmother)