Everything
This is a poem about savoring your last moments with someone you love. I wrote it a few days after my Grandfather passed away, in rememberance of him.
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Light’s making its way in through your window
Touches your face and I can see
The shallow glimmer plays our whole life story
Right in front of me
Everything, everything revolves around this moment
And all the truth inside your eyes reflects in everyone here
By your side
Cracking jokes and we’re all laughing with you
Trying to fill the empty space of this room
With something other than your shallow breaths
But we’ll be leaving soon..
And that’s why
Everything, everything revolves around this moment
So many years inside these walls surrounded now in quiet halls
We are here, we are here
And your love, she takes a fragile stand up to your side
And says “I’ll miss you dear, now rest your eyes, and I love you always”
We love you always
And that’s everything
It took me months to get over the grief of his loss, because i spent almost all my childhood living with him and we have a very strong emotional connection. When in the end, he couldn’t possibly fight off the cancer, my whole family felt not only grief but also relief at the same time. I just hope he’s in a better place now.
My friends and I are currently working on a song based on this poem.
