the Poem My DD wrote

[Wyndi]

 What A Crazy Time

One night
I cried myself
to sleep
It had been
A terrible day
For me.

The day had
Started out
Just like every other
School day.
Except my mom
Got a phone call.
I decided to
Forget about it,

I did not realize
Until I got home,
I had a sinking feeling
When I was told
What had conspired
After my brother an I
Had left the house
To go to the bus stop
On time.
I refused to show
My tears and still do.
I guess I locked
UP my emotions
After that and
Refused to let people in.

On that following Sunday,
I went to the funeral home.
My now ex-aunt was rude
to me
She told me to go
watch TV.
And I refused to do so.
I thought a 11 year old girl
Should be with her family
At a time like this.

The next day was
The hardest of all.
Besides that day tearing
my family even farther apart,
I saw my 2 younger cousins
after a long time.
My father cried
And I was helpless,
For I did not know
how to help him
For I could feel
My heart was breaking.

I miss him everyday
I know that
I must Live on
To keep the family together
And I do my best
To keep this
From happening again
to my family
He gave me gifts
when he knew that death
was close to come.
I don't use those gifts
everyday since
they bring up
the past.
That is best
To be left alone.

I refuse to think
about him.
For the past
and the memories of him
Were buried with him.
The bring me
Much pain
and such distress.
For the day he
was buried m
it was only
Eleven days from
My 12th birthday.

In memory of my grandfather, Clarence Alfred Meadows.