A Month Later

Grandma, Has it been a month already?
I wonder if you are watching me and see that I miss you just as much as the day you left.

Did you know that I went home for dinner?

I wish you were at the dinner table with us.

Grandma, are you happy to see that I finally came home?

Or was it you a along that helped to make it happen?

Ten years of not being around my family has been quite an experience
But returning home after all these years was just as surreal.

Diane and Dad seem to be fine with me at the same table
And Aunt Helen told me to be grateful and not to "rock the boat"

Why is it always me who's responsible?

Grandma, what have I really done to deserve all these pains?

Do they know what it's like to be abandoned by everyone?

I miss you, Grandma.

You and Grandpa had never abandoned me
And I wish that I had spent more time with you.

They say that when we leave this world
We leave the memories behind
And keep the love with us...

Will you remember me?
When I see you again?

I know I will always remember your love for all of us.

That emptiness will never be filled again.