Rest well

For my grandma

When i first met you, my mind was too young to remember

The last conversation i had with you

Is a hazy blur

As your mind deteriorated 

I stopped seeing you

Refusing to see

Someone i love

Leave like -that-

You first forgot the little things

Like where you left the keys

And then it was names

And places

In the end

You forgot 

Who your own daughter was

My mother

And when it got to the stage

Of merely being a shell

In the shape of my grandma 

I decided 

It was time

To accept the fact that you were gone

So when the news came

That you had died

I was prepared 

I took a breath

And relaxed 

I hope that wherever you are

Whatever it's like

That you're happy

And have met your husband

Who you lost too
Goodbye Grandma

Sleep well