AS I LOOKED INTO THE MIRROR

AS I LOOKED INTO THE MIRROR I SEE A TOTAL STRANGER SHE SEEMS SO LOST,

CONFFUSED IN EVERY WAY,

I LOOKED INTO HER EYES AND SEE SO MUCH PAIN,

I NOTICE SHE DOSEN'T SMILE AND TEARS ROLL DOWN HER FACE,

I WONDER WHAT IS MAKING HER SO SAD,

AND WHAT MAKING HER CRY SO MUCH,

I NOTICE THAT SHE IS WEARING BLACK FOE A LOVED ONE SHE HAS LOST,

SOMEONE THAT TAUGHT HER EVERYTHING ININ LIFE,

SHE LOVED AND CARED FOR HER SO MUCH,

AND NOW SHES GONE NOT KNOWING WHY,

IT WAS HER GRANDMOTHER FROM HER FATHERS SIDE,

HER GRANDMOTHER WAS A WONDERFUL WOMAN FULL OF LOVE AND KINDNESS THROUGHOUT HER LIFE,

HER GRANDMOTHER WAS HER FRIEND ALWAYS THERE TO HELP HER THROUGH TOUGH TIMES,

I KNOW NOW WHY THAT GIRL IN THE MIRROR IS CRYING SO MUCH,

BUT AS I LOOK AT THE CALENDER BEHIND HER I KNOW WHY SHE IS EVEN MORE BROKEN HEARTED,

THE DAY WAS MARCH 16TH,

THE DAY SHE SPENT AT CHURCH FOR A FUNERAL FOR HER GRANDMOTHER,

SHE WACHED HER GRANDMOTHERS CASKET BE PUT IN A BURIAL AND SHE CRIED SO MUCH THAT HER EYES WERE SWOLLEN FROM ALL THE TEARS SHE HAD DROPPED,

I NOTICE ON THE CALENDER THAT THE DAY WAS CIRCLED,

I CAN HARDLY SEE WHAT IT SAYS,

I GOT CLOSER AND I WAS SHOCKED FOR THE DAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CELEBRATED WITH PRESENTS AND CAKE,

BUT INSTEAD SHE HAD TO SEE HER GRANDMOTHER BE BARIED ON HER NINETEENTH BIRTHDAY,

NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY SHE IS SO SAD,

HER GRANDMOTHER IN NOW GONE,

AND WITH HER SHE TOOK HER HAPPY MEMORIES THAT WERE MADE IN THE PAST,

I WANTED TO HUG THE GIRL AND TELL HER IT'S OK THAT THE TEARS MAY FLOW BUT NOT FOR LONG,

TO SEE THAT HER GRANDMOTHER IS NOW IN A BETTER PLACE,

I WENT TO HUG HER BUT SOON REALIZED THAT THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR WAS ME,

I WALKED AWAY AND TO MY SURPRISE I WAS NOT CRYING ANY MORE BECAUSE NOW I AM HAPPY THAT MY GRANDMOTHER FEELS NO MORE PAIN,

SHE IS UP IN HEAVEN WITH THE OTHERS WE HAVE LOST IN THE PAST,

I LOVE YOU GRANDMA SARAH NOW I CAN SMILE BECAUSE YOU ARE IN A BETTER PLACE,

ONE DAY WE WILL MEET AGAIN AND MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME,

I LOVE YOU BYE FOR NOW BUT NOT FOREVER.