It was as if it happened just yesterday.
A young, excited girl
Happy, clueless and carefree.

A young girl not aware of the bad things that can happen
Like losing someone.
She’s pedaling, pedaling, pedaling
On and on she goes
On down the road
Tires squealing, but it’s too late.

The pain was excruciating
Almost unbearable
I couldn’t believe something like that could happen to me.

It reminds me of another memory
One I’ll never forget.
A person I’ve known as my mother, my granny, my best friend.
The pain was just as bad, unbearable.
But now you’re free, free to fly

The things I thought were so awful as a child are
nothing
compared to losing my grandma.

All of those things just seem so dumb to me now.
She was my backbone, my support.
Always around.
When I was down she’d lift me up.
Now all I have left is in my head.
Memories.