Mystery



As he looked out the window every morning,
I often wondered what stammered through his feeble mind…
Was he afraid for himself for the first time in his life?
Was he wondering what he could’ve done differently?
What about the what ifs?
Did he have secrets he wanted to confess?
Did he have last minute bucket list items he wanted to accomplish?

It doesn’t matter now.
Time has passed and he is gone.
What went on in his mind will remain a mystery, but one thing is for certain…
As I put my humbled grandfather to bed every night,
These words echo, still, to this day:
“Good night, sweetheart, I love you too.”

About this poem

A poem I wrote about my grandfather as I sat and stared out my window one day. I revised it earlier this year (2023).

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Written on 2004

Submitted by HMRyan77 on June 24, 2023

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Scheme XXXXXXX XXXXXX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 621
Words 125
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 6

HMRyan

Throughout my lifetime, I have been diagnosed with bipolar I, borderline personality disorder, anxiety, ADHD, and OCD. However, no one is actually convinced or definite on any one diagnosis. Nevertheless, I seriously do not need any diagnosis to know who I am. I am Heather M Ryan, and I am beautifully crazy in my own chaotic way; I almost always have a method to my madness. These are my feelings, my opinions, and my own personal thoughts. I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, but my life hasn't always been that way. I have been at most ends of the spectrum… rich and miserable, poor and madly in love, desperate, depressed, and homeless. Like my brain, I still have yet to find a happy medium in life. The last 45 years have left me in tears, shaking with fear and panic, running from a painful reality and past, the streets in the pouring down rain, homeless praying God would answer my prayers and send help, naked under the stars and in complete awe at how God works miracles just when you think all is lost. God has brought me from the deepest darkest depths of hell into the sunlight and has showered me with love and mercy time and time again. I look forward to enjoying this final chapter of my life with you and anyone else that would like to join us. You can follow me on Facebook at Heather M Ryan or visit my website at www.1hellofajourney.com. more…

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