General Poetry posted April 14, 2020 |
Sad memories of my grandfather.
He Did Not Share With Me
by Frank Jauregui
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As a young boy, I lived with and shared a room with my grandfather. He had his voice box removed because of throat cancer, due to smoking. I never heard his voice and I grew up feeling guilty because I'd felt disgusted whenever he'd leave his trach hole exposed for cleaning or just because he didn't like it covered. Later on in life, I ended up working with trach patients, most of which could still speak and every one of them reminded me of grandpa. As I listened to the older gentlemen who could speak, I'd imagine it was my grandfather speaking of his memories, of life, love, joys, and regrets. Grandpa passed away before I turned eighteen, I am now close to turning sixty myself but I still miss never having heard his voice and I consider that to be one of the saddest things in my life.
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