November 20, 2010

• i don’t have answers for death
  just silence
  just sadness

  as my grandfather rolls over in his bed
  refuses food
  and asks to be left alone

  so he can die
  quietly
  peacefully

  if there is such a thing

  as i sit
  in an old rocking chair
  he once built
  with his own hands

  and watch
  as death stares from the window

  smiling
  waiting
  patiently

  for my grandfather’s time
  to finally come

  and go.

  • 2:05 pm
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