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Bye bye

September 2, 2014
By Austin42.0 GOLD, Seven Points, Texas
Austin42.0 GOLD, Seven Points, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
peace comes with solitude




 



 



You are beautiful



So graceful 



Loving and caring



Not ever despairing



Full of hope 



you make skies blue



My dear meemaw 



I love you



 



You told me "bye bye"



That one last time



With tears in my eyes



I still wouldn't cry



Because I remember



Just what you want



To see your beloved



That you lost once



 



But you counted through the year



The months and the days



Oh I'm almost certain



Just to see his face



You still haven't left us 



I know you are here



Because when I'm upset



I feel you stop my tears



 



You whisper to me



Just one last time



"Don't cry for me,



I love you, bye bye"



 


The author's comments:

My peepaw passed of lung cancer the day before valentines, a few years ago. His wife, my meemaw, was then found with lung cancer no more than a year after. My last conversation with her on her bed the day she passed went like this

her:"bye"

me:"goodbye"

her: "bye bye"

Me: (chuckles) "bye bye meemaw"

her: "bye bye"

me: (getting sadder)"bye bye"

her: "bye bye"

me: "..."

my mother: "bye bye, but we aren't leaving yet we only just got here"

her: "bye bye" 

then she closed her eyes and fell asleep... I wrote this for you kaye, you'll always be close to my heart.

 

 


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