Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Poorly written peom

So about 5 days ago now I got a real big scare when I found out my uncle who I was fairly close to was getting really sick and with him having stage4 terminal cancer I figured that the next phone call I'd get would be about his passing. I never got a call instead my mom came home and told me and the rest of my family that for tonight things were going to be okay.
But here is the poem I wrote when I had been expecting the really bad news.

As I fight the urge to cry I think back to all the memories I have
Like when I was younger and he'd come over when grandma was babysitting me 
to Bring us lunch 
And if the weather was nice he'd ride his motorcycle
In fact he gave me my first motorcycle ride 
I also remember his laugh that would echo 
from things like The Three Stooges or the stories he'd tell
He took me trout fishing and always greeted me with a smile
When out at the beach looking for treasures 
He'd think of me when he'd find golf balls instead of coins
I still have many of the golf balls he gave me 
I even made my own golf trophy out of them
As the years went on more and more 
He began to look like his father 
A man I never got to know as well as I should have
So with his similar looks and similar personality 
He became like the Grandfather I'd lost when I was young
However I can't help but feel guilty now 
For I didn't see you when I had the chance
Because of my selfish ways and fears
And now when given the chance I couldn't because I was sick
I'm sorry I wasn't there to say goodbye

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