Why did you leave me behind?

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Baby sister Poems

Why did you leave me behind,
back here on this earth?

Why didn't you wait until,
I was able to go along?

I was always by your side,
giving you whatever you wanted.

But you didn't wait for me,
you just left me behind.

I tried to follow behind,
but I was not able to do so.

You see, I wasn't able
to fly, so you left me behind.

I wanted to go with you!
I tried with all my might,
but I couldn't get off the ground,
I couldn't get into flight!

I was left behind,
as you left your body.

Did you go to my school,
and tell me goodbye?

Did you tell me you loved me?
And thanks for being there for you?

Or,
Did you just leave without looking back?

Were you happy to get away from the earth?
Away from the pain that was inside your body?

The pain that came with your diseased body,
that was killing you from the inside?

Did you try and wait for me?
Did you try and say goodbye?

Jessica,
my beloved baby sister,

I have a question for you,
my dear little sister.

Why did you leave me behind?
I wish I was able to know.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

This is a different version of a poem that I've been writing and editing, loosing and rewriting, for a few years.
It's a question that I have had inside my heart, for a long time.
And even today, when I wrote this version, I still teared up while I was typing out this question.

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HisWithNoDoubt's picture

:/ i love how u can read how

:/ i love how u can read how sad u were and still r about losin her:/ I almost lost my neighbor to a brain tumer a few weeks ago and that was like hell. I can't imagine what it'd h like to lose family.

thisisme789's picture

yea. And the worst part is,

yea. And the worst part is, that I didn't know that she was family. I was adopted, and the mom who adopted me and adopted another girl later, Naomi, my other sister (sistah from another family), took care of foster children. Jessica was one of the foster children we got, and me and her just got along really well and were really close. Only a few years ago did Mom tell me that Jessica was my little sister. It was almost as hard to learn this as it was to lose her!


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