Grandpa

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If this is "The End",

Then why can't I cry?

It's as though being broken

Means I can't hold any tears

They've all slipped away

Through the cracks

Each one, a salt-laced prayer

That this isn't "Goodbye".

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AN:

As you might be able to tell by the title, this is a poem for my Grandpa.  He is one of the sweetest people I know, and he has just been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. He's going in for surgery tomorrow morning. It's heartbreaking for everyone; there's a chance he might not wake up.  My thoughts - and poems - are with him.  <3  We've all just got to keep believing that he's going to pull through this.

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