Tips For Safe Travels - Free Throw

We had spent a month apart, I was so excited

To be welcomed back home by your face

Receiving FaceTimes, photos and videos

Would let me know you were staying safe

They would make me admire the bravery displayed

When you carried on each day without slowing down your pace

I can’t explain how proud it made me, to see you’re doing great

I was on my way back home, our reunion was so close

I couldn’t wait

I knew you hadn’t been quite well for a while

But you never lost the ability to get me to smile

Through the surgery and losing hair

You were always there when I needed you

And that never changed

When I arrived, you greeted me with love

We spent the entire day hanging out, I had missed this so much

It was good to be back, I knew that you could tell

It was like I held my breath for a month and I could finally exhale

You fell asleep while watching tv, I drifted as well

The next day, I could see that you didn’t feel like yourself

That night we drove you to the hospital, I thought that you’d be fine

Then they came and brought us back, and told us that it was your time

I’ll never forget how you were staring at me

I could tell you were scared. I tried to stay on my feet.

I put my hand on your face and said I’m not gonna leave

That I would see it through with you, because you’d it for me

As I tried not to cry, you tried one last time to speak

I watched the life leave your eyes and I collapsed to my knees

I felt my whole world was over, I was so crushed by grief

I found the smallest bit of refuge in the fact you’re at peace

I still celebrate your birthday

I see you sometimes when I blink

I know that somewhere you’re out there

Watching me from the brink

When I was down you picked me up

You showed me that I could be loved

Every single second spent with you was more than enough

Safe travels, I will always be your home