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Pictures of you
October 8, 2021
My anguish longs for memories that don’t exist
Clinging to the pictures that are quickly immersing my thoughts
Moments that don’t mean anything
But now mean everything
You’re gone
I can’t change it but I rivet on everything that you did
I didn’t know you but I spend time trying to break open the safe you locked
Nothing changed when you perished
But my world crashed down on me and I’m struggling to crawl out of the rubble
I don’t look at addiction through the same judgmental eyes
I can only feel guilt now that I can’t picture you
© Jade Z., Eugene, Oregon
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This piece is personal to me. I lost my grandfather this year to addiction and I didn't know him well.