Grace

If you look over there, no, over there,

by the side of the road, where no one cares,

that’s the place I lived, where I used to dream.

Dirt is more comfortable than what it may seem.

In the winter months, I would make a hut

from wood and bones and ice and mud.

Sometimes, people would be there with me;

we’d comfort each other to not feel lonely.

I remember there was one woman, she was so kind,

it was like she was an angel sent down from the sky.

I called her, ‘Grace’ because that name suited her.

Her voice was a sweet melody with every word.

But there was a day that Grace wasn’t there,

she’d left a note with a lock of her hair.

I picked up the note to read it out loud,

at a time when the forest made not a sound.

It read, “Dear little man, you know that I’ve gone.

I have not done so for anything you did wrong.

I simply had to go, it was past my time.

You see, I was so sick; I just was meant to die.

I had leukemia, I couldn’t pay for treatment.

My parents treated me like I were a bohemian.

I didn’t want you to have to see me go,

but either way, there will be this pain you’ll know.

But please don’t care that I had to leave,

and please don’t you ever forget me.”

I closed the note, and started to cry,

I would’ve held her close when she would die.

Would there have been a lesson from this?

Did it teach me to try and savor bliss?

I think not, because I still live in the place

where there’s a note written by a woman named Grace.

 

Reviews

[Ashley June Canfield]

Lovely

[New Beginnings]

Awesome homage to Grace whether real or not. The reader can also notice the author cares for her very much. You've got great talent both rhyming and describing within the poem. Thanks for asking me to review it.

[BeccaBelieved-]

Beautifully written and described, a very emotional piece. I love the words, I love the rhythm, I love the questions it makes you ask.

- Becca

[Heather D]

wow. a beautiful, emotional, heartfelt poem. you bring the reader with you. great job!

[Jessica L. W.]

that poem is awesome I had tears in my eyes