MY GUILT

I transcend from your linage

and I excel your genes

and was blessed to share your sun

and the air that you breathed

 

Never anticipating that you would leave

forsaking me to remain

and emotionally bleed

 

Reality continues on without cease

Your memories are repeated

within my dreams

 

Wishing I could’ve understood your convictions

While Wishing for once

I could grasp your attention

 

Fruit of your tree and glorification

Traits that exceed

onto following generations

 

had to go and take your soul

to now abide

within wonders untold

 

Glory and love graced thee thy wings

While leaving in sorrow

this wretch in me

 

Though your greats and adversities remain real

Your abrupt departing

still remains surreal

 

Not heeding the warnings that you fed me

And although afraid,

I know u were ready

 

Cut short from the chance to prove to you

How much I cared

and was proud of you

 

I wish I was smarter with my time

I wish you knew how often

you crossed my mind

 

My sorrow restarts when each day renews

For I cannot deny

how much I loved you

 

Despite the mental steel wall that I built

Forever internally

I will live with that guilt

 

You will forever live as i live and breathe as i breathe 

because I transcend from your lineage

and excel your genes

Author's Notes/Comments: 

For Grandpa

R.I.P RICHARD STEWART 2/20/44 - 12/26/18 *the unforgettable holiday*Frown

RIP WILLIAM RICHARD STEWART  10/5/61-7/18/2023

RIP WILLIAM RICHARD STEWART jr 9/3/1988 - 9/3/2023

**They say it happens in THREES

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I CAN FEEL YOUR LOVE THROUGH

I CAN FEEL YOUR LOVE THROUGH YOUR WORDS. GREAT WORK KEEP WRITING 

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Grandfathers

r special people. I learned boxing, baseball, and wrestling names and fames via mine. He was my grandmama's husband and we called him Unka Bud. I visit his grave withever I visit grandmama. - slc