They Say
I stand waiting
Waiting for something to feel
Fake smile, forced laughing
If only I could get away
The sorry, the mourning
Gone but never forgotten, they say
You’d think after an hour I’d be used to the crying
But all I see are strangers who claim to be sorry
They act as though they didn’t know he was dying
Like an actor winning an Oscar
I stood blindly
He was a great man, they say
“He was always smiling”
Maybe seven years before
But the truth is they’re not understanding
He had died long before
Disease slowing eating away
He was a happy man, they say
Anger, frustration rose without a warning
With hugs and tears I couldn’t just take
I wanted to stop and start shouting
Them not knowing who he really was
Made them unworthy of my love
He was my grandpa, I say