Grandpa
THE WORLD TURN ANOTHER DAY IS AT IT'S DAWN.
MY HEART BREAKS FROM THE LOSS OF YOU.
YOU CREPT AWAY IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT.
I WAS BUT A CHILD BUT GRANDPA YOU WAS MY WORLD.
AND NOW TODAY YOU ARE MY HERO.
YOU PROTECTED ME .
YOU WOULDN'T EVER LET ANYONE RAISE A HAND TO ME.
YOU WAS SO STRONGE.
BUT THE CANCER WAS STRONGER.
YOU FOUGHT WITH EVERY BREATH.
YOU TRIED TO BEAT IT.
I WATCHED AS YOU WITHERED AWAY.
EACH TIME YOU COUGHED .
OR GASPED FOR A BREATH .
I CRIED.
A PEICE OF ME DIED WITH YOU THAT DAY.
BUT I KNOW YOUR NOT FAR AWAY .
YOUR IN MY MEMORIES.
YOUR IN MY HEART .
AND THERE YOU WILL STAY .
TIL THE DAY I TAKE MY LAST BREATH TOO.
Copyright © Deborah Huls | Year Posted 2009
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