here at the gravestone
i weep with happy tears
of memories not long past
but still vivid
of my childhood at your house
the games we played
the cards we stacked
the skittles on the counter
always there no matter how many were eaten
the one bathroom in the big house
the big blue chair in which grandma sat
the davenport where i used to lay and nap
the old fashioned television in the corner
my grandma's old collention of figurens on the wall
the christmases and easters past
where you read from the bible
while we all waited with open ears
the eggs we decorated, the presents we wrapped
the memories we had, never were they sad
playing uncle wiggly in the afternoon light
the dust that hung in the air was oh so comferting
it was never grandpa's house...it was our home
where everyone would gather and play cards
where there was no need for TV while the park in back called
you always there kicking our butts at cribbage
playing 500 or 99 late into the night
but you were called away to a place where you could never return
not twenty days from my 13th birthday
my life was devistated by the loss of one so dear
but the happy memories that i have in my heart
will always sing of the love you shared
you were my idol and my role model
because of your soul so pure
so every year i visit your grave, planting flowers
the memories bring tears to my eyes
knowing how good they were and how they will never happen again
no matter how i wish
so i say farewell to your gravestone
but i want you to know, your legacy lives on
in my mind, my decisions, and in my actions
Author notes
my life some might say has alot of pain in it... at the age of four i lost my grandmother to cancer when it was not her time to die... a few years later i lost my most beloved aunt... then... 20 days before my 13th birthday my grandpa died, the most important person in my life gone from the face of the earth. Death has taken everyone that i truely cared about, it has broken my love into little pieces and hidden them away in the graves of my relatives. Death has cursed one who is guilty for loving his family too much.
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Aww..
This is so sad.
But such a beautiful poem.
Losing someone you love so much is hard.
But I love the happyness of this poem, especially at the beginning.
I love the lines :
it was never grandpa's house...it was our home
where everyone would gather and play cards
Home doesn't have to be where you sleep every night.
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U R a Finalist! Great Job with this, I really am saddened for your loss. Good luck in the Contest!!!
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