You were the fresh breeze every spring brought me
You were the sun that warmed my skin through the grief
You were the strength that guided me to my finish line
Oh, how I miss you
You were the sun that warmed my skin through the grief
You were the strength that guided me to my finish line
Oh, how I miss you
How my heart aches with every glance I make to the audience
To see the seat
I saved you
Filled by a stranger
I saved you
Filled by a stranger
The heavens called you back, but I dared denied them
I dared to raise the voice of hells anger at them
For whom were they to stop you from being here
From filling my view with the many years of your smile
Oh, how I miss you
How I have grown up without you here has suffocated me
My lungs were filled with needles
As I am haunted by the ghost of your laughter,
I am stabbed as the voice missing from the echo of congratulations
Is yours
I am lost as the arms that I want to embrace me
Do not belong to you
Oh, how I miss you
You were the flowers that brought color to my garden
You were the rhythm to my favorite song
You were the memory that stained me
I am graduating
I am moving on
But not how I promised
For your cheers and your love will be felt from heaven
And not through the embrace of your precious touch
Oh, how I horribly miss you
- Your granddaughter
--Mariah M., 9th-12th Grade