i love you grandma

If I beg you to stay
Will you hold my hand
Give me just one more day?

Of your nurturing touch
Your voice filled with love
That I long for so much?

Is it wrong for me
To want you here
Endlessly?

To refuse this goodbye
Turn around
And wonder why?

Why do you have to go?
I'm not ready
This is all I know.

But I see through your tears
Your beautiful face
Surrendering to fears.

And now I see
This is the way
It was meant to be.

Your time of peace is near
When there's no pain
Just joy, no fear.

So now I am here to stay
Holding your hand
For just one more day.

Tomorrow you will be my star
Twinkling at night
But never too far.

You will stay here in my heart
Forever, always
Never apart.

-NM