Dear Grandma

Dear Grandma

A Poem by Anika

life didn't give me the chance
to meet you 
because you're gone
and my body aches with regret
my body shakes with pain
because I never got to hug you
or learn about the foods you like
and hear your stories
and I'm sobbing again
and my fingers feel heavy 
as they hit each letter
I'm sobbing
because of a broken promise
I made to myself
can you hear me? 
can you hear me?
I clench my fists and tremble 
because of the letter I wrote
I thought you'd..
you'd read it
you left before.. 
before I could send it
I needed you to read it
but you're gone
and you're pain is gone
and my pain is strong
but you're pain is gone
it's gone
and it's going to be okay
but tonight
I can hear my heart hit the bottom
of my stomach
knowing that you died
before I had the privilege of knowing 
you
and someone told me 
not knowing you should make this easier
but it doesn't 
it doesn't
because I promised myself I would
I silently promised you too
and I always expected I'd see you
one day
but "one day's" pass too quickly
until one day
you're left with no day's


Grandma, 
rest in the paradise you've been waiting for
a place where you no longer feel pain
until we finally meet
until we finally meet
I love you

© 2015 Anika


Author's Note

Anika
Dear readers,
I'm sorry if this was intense
I was crumbling, and writing is how I recover
If you're reading this and you've lost someone you love, my heart goes out to you
And if you're not okay right now, you will be

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Anika
Anika

Toronto, ON



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