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Grandpa


Grandpa By Shanda May (Stormmy) I remember the days that we spent together. Knowing these memories would last forever. When I was four, we built a snow man one cold day. I didn't know how so you showed me the way. When I was eight, you taught me how to ride my bike. You promised you'd never let go, then you said sike. When I was ten and got hurt pretty bad. I woke up and saw that you were so sad. When I was twelve, you adopted me. And you showed me off to every one we would see. When I was fourteen and hated school. You let me know who really was the fool. When I was sixteen and left home. You told me that my heart just needed to roam. When I was eighteen and having my own daughter.
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48-year-old female. I've been riding poetry since I was in high school.

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Deeply personal, autobiographical milestones with grandparent

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One idea per couplet; meditative pacing through life events

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