Mourning Skies

Passing On

I'm writing this

Because I'm sad

No, more than sad

Let's keep it at upset

Now even the loveliest

Of souls must pass on

But there's one in particular

That I wish wasn't gone

She had curly white hair

And a wrinkly smile

She cared for me

For quite a long while

I remember being little

Oh her memory is clear

We'd sit and watch tv

And laugh without fear

But then as time passed

She couldn't hold a thought

She's start a conversation

And stopped like she forgot

She was going downhill

Faster than I'd like to say

My father said she is

Much better off this way

For a while she couldn't speak

Only gibberish she could make

But she seemed to be happy

But the happiness was fake

She stopped eating all together

And wouldn't drink at all

Then she fell ill

And this was her fall

Today she's gone on

She doesn't have to live that way

I wish I could've seen her

I don't know what to say

I'm drowning in my cries

And I'm hoping no one hears

For now I will cry until

I can't shed any more tears