Sugar

Sometimes I forget that you are gone

Sometimes I hear your voice

in the garden

And the sweet things you always said

When special days arrive

You can’t attend

But I know you are looking down

Sometimes I forget you are gone

As I’m scrolling through my phone

I see your contact is still marked as “favorite” 

I can easily call

But no one will answer

I listen to the voicemails you left

And think of all the sugar you gave me

cooking up a recipe

You soon will leave in a box

You lived your life like no other

A strong woman

That’s all I saw

You hid all the pain

never told us about the cancer

You didn’t want to bother us

I wish you knew how much I miss you. 

I wish I could rewrite it all