My Dear Aunt

*Warning: pretty long...*
You were born smiling into this world
Just the sight of you
Made everyone smile
It brought happiness that was true

You were growing up
A little sister and brother you had
But little did you know
that your world would go from happy to sad

One night your brother fell asleep
no one expected
that this little Angel
By God would be selected

Your little brother now gone
Sadness filled your heart
but you never stop loving him
as much as you did from the start

A new brother was born
another person to love
but you didn't mind at all
hate you knew nothing of

Now you get married
your sister too
you two had to part
there was nothing you could do

you shed your tears as she left
to this foreign land far away
but you still loved her
more and more everyday

You have two daughters now
who added more joy
to your already happy heart
as soon would your little boy

but then, my dear aunt
your father had passed
Devastation filled your body
His memory you grasped

A few years later
More sadness came
As your only brother and mother left
You left with nothing but their picture in a frame

But the more sadness you felt
The stronger your heart grew
As you continued being happy
Even if you were a bit blue
Longing to see your siblings,
Occasionally you did
As they visited over the summer
Full of joy, never morbid

Then after 23 years
All of your nieces and nephews you had met
The man, the teen, and the twins
None of which your heart could forget

Then my dear aunt
Things went horribly wrong
As you got ill and weak
With life trying to go along

Your complexion became pale
Your once full long hair
Had fallen out
Leaving your head bare

You struggled with life
No matter how hard the pain
Your smile never faded
In your life still no disdain

When we visited again that year
The 2003 sun shined the whole time
We played and joked around
Pretending everything was fine

Then it came time for us to return home
Crying,
I hugged you goodbye
But didn’t want to let go

I stared into your eyes
As the car drove away
Away from the one person
Who I would never see another day

Around the mountains
Up in the air
Farther and farther we went
Leaving you, it wasn’t fair

We called you every chance we got
We knew you were getting worse
But hearing your voice was reassuring
Even sickness didn’t make it coarse

A year passed and you were still here
Our hopes went high
‘she’s going to make it’ we thought
Not thinking that soon we’d have to say goodbye
It was Halloween
The year 2004
When God decided
That he needed you more

I still wish you were here
To welcome me with open arms
Giving me lots of kisses
When I visited your Montenegrin farm

But my dear Aunt
It’s time for me to say goodbye
Your kindness and your love
In my memory shall fly

You’re my new guardian angel
Protecting me when I sleep
Passing on your love and kindness
For me to keep

And my dear aunt
I have one more thing to do
One last thing to say:
It’s that I miss and Love You.