My Grandfather Was

How are you, my beloved, among the graves? Do you know that the news of your death still lingers in my mind like a shock? I never imagined the horror of this news. I never imagined I'd cry for you one day.

I never imagined you departing on a path of no return. I've always wished, many times while I'm alive, not to die because of the loss of my loved one! I don't cry for you out of protest, Grandpa, but out of loss and need. But I have no power or strength except in God.