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Remember Me

March 2, 2010
By headinclouds BRONZE, Miami, Florida
headinclouds BRONZE, Miami, Florida
3 articles 2 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We were given: Two hands to hold. To legs to walk. Two eyes to see. Two ears to listen. But why only one heart? Because the other was given to someone else. For us to find."
"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walk"


I walk in slowly and quietly close the door behind me. I do not want to frighten him or cause a fuss. One step, two steps. I am getting closer. He is silent and still as a rock. “Hello.” He says. “I don’t get many visitors these days. Perhaps you’re my new nurse? I am not sure what happened to my other one. My family doesn’t come anymore...”

His voice is lacking even the slightest amount of emotion as he rambles on mostly to himself. “My name is Hailey,” I say slowly as I walk into the light, my expression full of concern.

“What a pretty name. You remind me of my little girl, Sarah. But she is such an odd child sometimes, she always has pigtails in every direction sticking out of her head,” he smiles.

“Do you know where she is?” I ask, testing him.

“Of course,” he continues to stare at the wall, not even glancing at me, “She is right down the hall in her room studying. She has a big math test coming up.”

“No she doesn’t!” I can’t take it. I know he’s wrong and he doesn’t care! He just sits there!

“Yes she is,” he rocked in his chair. Back, forth, back, forth. He looked up at me with a blank stare. “Hello, I don’t get visitors that often. What is your name?”

I screamed and ran out of the room crying. Even after three years of me visiting him every week, my grandfather can’t remember me. I am not crying for myself having to tell him who I am each time, but for him. He doesn’t even understand that his daughter died, or that his wife gave up on him, or that I love him. He will always know, but he will never remember. Perhaps he chooses not to. I say goodnight and leave his room. I pray for him as I have every night before. “Remember,” I say to my last real relative, “Please remember.”


The author's comments:
It's depressing, I know but I had the inspiration and when I'm inspired I write. This is the outcome.

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on Jul. 8 2011 at 6:12 pm
headinclouds BRONZE, Miami, Florida
3 articles 2 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We were given: Two hands to hold. To legs to walk. Two eyes to see. Two ears to listen. But why only one heart? Because the other was given to someone else. For us to find."
"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walk"

I'm not sure, it was a while ago. I often put myself in another person's shoes and give them a life story. I make up something terrible they have to deal with and feel what they would feel. It inspires some of my sadder work. It's just weird that my grandfather passed away shortly after I wrote this...

on Jun. 4 2011 at 9:53 pm
living.in.the.present. GOLD, Miami, FL, Florida
11 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong." ~Samuel Goldwyn

what was this inspired by? :O

on Mar. 19 2010 at 2:48 pm
AmberAnn_d-_-b SILVER, Laconia, New Hampshire
9 articles 12 photos 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Don't sweat the small stuff, and its all small stuff."~CFC

This is sad, you are right. In the same sense it seems realistic. I understand about getting inspired and just writing, sometimes what I write is really depressing.