i wish

my grandad pat as he means world to me and hope he loves the poems from heaven

I wish you hadn’t died, but you did.
You, who taught me how to live,
Who taught me what safety was
And who showed me how to love.

I wish you hadn’t had to die…
You could be here with me now,
Talking, laughing, crying with me,
Sharing everything life throws our way,
Enjoying each other.

You showed me what love is,
Your affection never dimmed.
You modelled generosity,
Your spirit lives on…
And my heart remembers.

You took so damned long to die
And I was so weary of it,
But my grief has never let up.
I miss you every day,
Because you left me behind.

There isn’t a day that I don’t think about you,
That I don’t wonder where you are,
Or how you would look if you were here?

Would your tastes be the same, all these years on?
Would you still enjoy life the same way you did,
Or would age and pain have changed you,
The way they have changed me?

I wish you hadn’t died when you did.
I love you beyond measure.
If you were here, this aching might leave me,
I might have a hand to hold,
The real presence of a love so strong, so powerful
That death cannot separate, nor separation dilute.

You may be lost to me in this world,
But you are always with me.
I find you in the things that even death cannot steal.

No, my dearest one,
Your memory will not lie down and be forgotten �"
And I will never lie down and forget.
 
 

Author's Note

how i feel for my grandad

Reviews

[deeps]

The real presence of a love so strong, so powerful
That death cannot separate, nor separation dilute.
You may be lost to me in this world,
But you are always with me.

Amazing words here, this is a wonderful write.