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This poem is written about my grandmother who died about 5 years ago. I was very close to my grandmother and her loss was very hard on me. It is about what we used to do together before she was sick, and then how she and "us" changed as she got sicker.

I know everyone that reads this has a special person in your life, so give that person a hug and tell them how much you love them. Because you never know when they will be gone forever.

Grandma

by Amanda

I remember
the green freeze pops,
hugs that never stopped!
The games of kickball,
the light left on for me in the hall.
The trips to the game farm,
the times you kept me from harm.
Whenever I needed you,
it was your shoulder I turned to.

The hospital care,
you in a wheelchair.
The feeling that you weren't ok,
the days you couldn't come out to play.
I was told on a cold winter day
that you had forever gone away.

The funeral room full of fears,
Grampa's eyes full of tears.
Everyone at my house,
there was no shoulder,
tears fell on my blouse.
The pain I felt,
all of it still I haven't dealt.

I wish I could've said good- bye,
maybe now I wouldn't cry.
I know you loved me,
why couldn't you stay?
I still miss you to
this day.
Grandma - I love you.

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kristi

dear amanda, That was such a beautiful poem. i even cryed you touched me dearly . why? because i had a grandma who passed away a few years back and she was my world we use to walk together,talk together and she always told everybody that i was her favorite and i was the her little girl. i miss her sooooo much words cant describe to this day i still haves a cry. but it was a beautiful poem! truly your friend kristi

shondricka

i love you're poem,sorry about your grandma,the same thing happen to my grandma. tell this day i still cy because i miss her so much and there nothing i can do to get her back.

smita

Hi amanda! It is a really good poem. I think it is nice of you to write a poem for grandmother. Your poem was great. I know you are unhappy for grandmother. But its okay. Life goes on and so should you. I think you are a excellent poet. ALL THE BEST ! GOD BLESS! KEEP SMILING FOREVER! Smita

Maria

So Nice

sandy

I really loved this poem. I was raised by my wonderful Grandmother and although she is not gone , she is very sick and it touched me so deeply as it remined me of how she and I use to do the same things and now she is confined to her bed. I hope this poem will win.

ariana

This poem touched me because the same thing happened to me, don't feel bad.

effie

I love the poem for many reason

kristalynn

This poem is thoughtful and touching it made me think about my grandma and how she was before she was also lost to me forever.

mariah

this poem is really good i am 13 years old and my mawmaw passed away 2 1/2 months ago its still hurts to talk about it but your poem was alot like my mawmaw and me thanks for writing how you feel and sharing it with me i didnt get to say goodbye either

Qubra

Amanda in all poems i read about grandy's this is one of the best poems i've ever read. I had a grandmom who passed away and i only knew her for 2yrs the day she passed away i felt like it was the end of the world coz every but loved her. But though she is not in the world her memories will always be remembered:)

Michelle

This poem really touched me because I recently lost my loving grandmother.

Meg

This really touched me- and i really felt I could relate! Thanx for the amazing poem!

Whitney

I really loved your poem, it was really great. Hope you make more in the future. Your a great poet. Gracious, Bye

jessica

hi amanda i know how you feel my grandma and i close to we have been every sence the day i came home from the hospital but she moved to kentucky 2 summers ago and it was real hard that she had moved and jus the other day she caled and takl to me and my sister abby and talked to us then she asked if she could talk to my mom and i told her yea jus a sec but then when i handed my mom the phone she told my mom the song she wanted played a her funeral and i know somthins the matter whit her cuz she didnt hardly talk and i dont want her to go cuz i will be so lost wit out her. but your poem really touched me in the heart that was the best poem that i ever read

krystin

i really liked this poem it reminded me to be happy that my grandmaw was steel here even after her heartatack.

Taylor

Be Strong. I really don't know what it feels like to lose someone but I know I will soon! But they live somewhere better than we do and we will see them again one day

vanessa

when i found this poem i was very surprised that someone else is feeling the exact way i feel right now. my grandmother is leaving me at this very moment. She has a brain tumor and finally i'm told she has to go. i had a very close bond with her. that may be why is so hard for me to grasp this reality. she's been stuck in the hospital and hospice for about a month now and i miss her being able to talk and comfort me. im sad to see her go and wish there was some way for her to stay. this poem in a way is helping with my grief.

christina

this poem reminds me of my grandma she rasied me since i was baby and was takin away from me when i was only 10 she was like my best friend and this poem just reminds me of her

Vanessa

It was a great poem and it made me think about how that will be me one day because my grandma is still alive. But it still made me cry and it was really touching keep up the good work!

patty

oh my god,i loved that poem soooo much! its like it was really me saying or thinking that. i was in mexico when my grandma died,so when i got home there was the whole family in the house crying. the babies didnt know what was going on,my little cousins were crying,and all my aunts and uncles were outside or on the couch crying. i was just standing in the living room hugging my uncle since he was the one who lived with her and did everything for her. she died in july and it is now the last few weeks of january. i keep having dreams and nightmares. i miss her soooooo much. i wish i could have got home from mexico one day before she died.

enrica

the poem touches my heart so deeply

Betty

I loved it! I lost my Grandma when I was fifteen and really have not gotten over it every year I cry for her. She left Nov 24th, 1983 on a Thanksgiving Day.

amanda

this poem is very good it remindes me of my grnadma i never got to say bye

Tishiea

this is a great poem

amy

this was a very touching poem as i know how it feels to lose a grandma it also made me relise that you should always say to the ones you love "i love you!" before its to late. very good poem and nicely written

michelle

Today i have been told my gran is on a life support machine and will not make it through the night. i needed some words that show others have felt the way i am feeling right now. thankyou for sharing this poem.

shannon

on feb 3 2004 i lost my grandma she had raised me from day one. she was my one and only true friend and i will forever love her hse had several strokes wich put her on bed rest. i miss my grandma so much this poem is hanging in my room next to her pic.

Kiara

i read this poem and it really got me thinking. Life is a really precious thing and its not worth wasting because one day when you are laying in bed very sick, you will regret not doing everything in your dreams. i should know this because ive lost my father six years ago, and he threw his life away. i was eight years old and i miss him so much.

Karen

I just want to let Amanda know that this is one of the best poems I have read in a long time. I was very close to my grandma also, who has passed away in Sept. 2004 will be 2 years now and I still hurt every day without her. Thanks Amanda for the smile I wear today. from Karen

Evelyn

you're poem touch my heart deeply

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