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My Grandmother's Daughter

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Too late I've realized how much we had in common,
How much we could have shared.
And now that there's no time with you,
It's now I really care.

We could have spent more time together
Doing things that we both loved.
But I didn't understand back then,
And it's too late to give enough.

I am my grandmother's daughter
A space between us two.
I could have been her sister,
More alike than I ever knew.

The things you loved, I also love.
The way I think, you also thought.
The things you did, I've also done.
The things I seek, you also sought.

And I can't tell you how I feel,
I can't even see your face.
You're not with me anymore
So far removed from this place.

I must continue on my own
Walking in your steps.
Taking the same path as you
Alone, and missing you.

Autumn 2012
A poem about how much my grandmother and I had in common, and how much I didn't realize it when she was alive.
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