Poetry for who needs it

Ti aspetto.

And all of a sudden you were gone. Maybe I closed my eyes too early and you disappeared. You told me you were coming back. I'm still waiting. I open and close my eyes waiting for you to come back, I look behind the corners and edges of half-closed doors, behind my eyes a veiled truth. But, where are you? You were right there. There with your contagious smile, you sang while laughing with friends. I tried to hug you, I closed my eyes before I even touched you. That's it! That's why you're gone! I had to wait! So next time I'll wait grandad. I'll be waiting for you. I'm waiting for you to notice me because this is not a memory of mine. It's a memory I stole from others. Hypocritical. Selfish. Words echoing in my head, desperately trying to wake me up. You don't hug me, you don't notice me. You don't know who I am. And maybe, grandad, we forgot to make food together one last time. Come back home.