just over seven hours ago
my Grandma left her body at
the hospital

she had the
'can't remember you' disease
and i hadn't visited much

i saw her body there
and she's the first person
i've ever known to leave like that

a prayer was said
and i held onto my cousin
and cried

my cousin told me in the parking lot
that Grandma remembered her
and squeezed her hand
before it was time

fourteen of us ate together tonight
i sat next to that cousin

there was unspoken gratitude
among us, the living
and Grandma is with God

but all i can remember is
the brownies she would make
and her Bible

a gap remains

i wish to feel her watching
because

a gap remains