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HIM...
Eyes blurred by tears,
Someone special was lost.
Family? An Uncle?
Our last conversation,
Burned into my memory.
A weak voice over the phone,
Speaking of things he wanted to experience.
It’s too late now.
Cancer had won the long, painful battle.
Now in a fear and pain free place,
Always watching down upon me,
With love in his heart.
But, I still miss him.

A couple months ago my uncle died from cancer and that really effected me even though I had not known him well. The night that he died I was speaking to him on the phone and I could barely even talk because I was crying so hard. He had told me that he wanted to go fishing with me which was heartbreaking because I would never get that chance to make that happen for him. I was so sad when I got the news that he had passed, because I had only gotten the chance to see him once which was a week or so before he died. This experience was what had inspired me to write this piece.