At first I thought losing you was just temporary.
You'd wait up in Heaven with Uncle Mark and Tara
and Stanford and Grandma Jackie and Grandma Connie
and Grampy Doug and Granny Annie and Grandpa Gene.
I thought I'd lost you for a little bit but not forever.
I thought I'd lost all of them for a little bit but not forever.
It hurt so much when you left that I wanted to rip myself in two
but I was comforted because you wouldn't be gone forever.
But I was wrong.
Losing you isn't temporary at all because I never lost you at all.
You're there every time I feel a cool breeze on a too-hot summer day
Every time your granddaughter smiles
Every time...