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Grandaddy

October 24, 2023
By kendal_kelly SILVER, Austin, Texas
kendal_kelly SILVER, Austin, Texas
6 articles 2 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
It doesn't matter who you are it only matters what you do -sam winchester


The trumpet plays

The music fades

A smiling face

A depressing fate

Lemons and roses

God above 

My holey dear

Watch my love

Commits the here

The music gets quieter

 

As you fade away

But I want you to know

I still love you today.

I see it

The confusion in your eyes

they way we all are slowly

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Starting into unseeing eyes

It hurts more than just my pride


The author's comments:

This is a piece about my dead great-grandpa.  He had dementia. He slowly erased all of us from his mind...


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