I Love You Grampa Poem by Katlynn Wolfe

This is my poem that I wrote about my grandfather. I didn't get to say good bye and I still cry myself to sleep at night remembering things I loved about you.

We'd talk about everything
no limitations.
I was comfortable around you
and I cared so much.
I'd always tell you I loved you
before I went anywhere and before
I went to sleep.
I'd think you'd be
here forever.

I lived with you for a year
but it felt like a decade.
I don't regret living with you
I just regret not staying with you
a lot when I moved out.
I left but I still stayed over
sometimes.

I never got to tell you how
much I love you.
I saw you but you weren't
alive.
I wanted to say goodbye
at the hospital but I didn't
know you were there until after.

When I said goodbye you
were still, and not breathing.
You were pale with bruises
on your head from the fall.
Your eyes were closed and
you were cold.

I kissed you goodbye as
tears streamed down my face.
I refused to leave you, I wanted
you to wake up and say we were
all dreaming.
I wanted to stay with you where
ever you went.
I couldn't stop crying and
refused to leave.
I was picked up by someone
in the family and told that
everything would be okay.
Nothing was okay, I just wanted
you to wake up and come home.

A part of me died with you and
that part won't be alive until we
are together again.
I'll never forget you
no matter what happens.
One day we will be
together again.
Until then, I dream of
you every night.
I love you Grampa Jerry and I miss you dearly..