My 14 year old daughter wrote this for her granddad. I am so very proud of her for doing it. Backstory: my ex-wife’s mother married a few years ago to a decent guy. He had been fighting cancer from the moment we knew him. After my divorce, I would be willing to speak to him even though my ex-mother-in-law made it plain what she thought of me. He had a stroke last week while he was on holiday in Birmingham, UK. He has recently been moved to a hospital closer to his home, so he is now in Ashford, UK. This is my daughter’s own work.
I know you haven’t been there from the beginning
But that doesn’t matter to me
I love you like you’re family
And that’s all that matters to me
I pray you’ll never leave me, never let me go
You mean so much to me
All these emotions I didn’t show
I regret not showing you how I really feel
So don’t go chasing lights, I know this time it’s real
Don’t give up, you fought a good fight
Don’t let go, stay strong
I see no reason to give up now so just carry on
Don’t let go, stay strong
You can’t give up now, your time hasn’t come
Don’t fade away, stay here with me
You have friends and family
How could you be that mean
I’m sorry I shouldn’t blame you
But sometimes you need to blame someone
It’s just how you get through
I know you’re probably laying on a horrible hospital bed
Get better soon so you can rest your tired aching head
I don’t see why it has to be you, you’ve done nothing wrong
And it’s because of your innocence that I wrote this song
Don’t let go, stay strong
I see no reason to give up now so just carry on
Don’t let go, stay strong
You can’t give up now, your time hasn’t come
Don’t let go, stay strong
I see no reason to give up now so just carry on
Don’t let go, stay strong
You can’t give up now, your time hasn’t come
© Farrah Forbes 2012
A Mixed Bag 
How beautiful… and so proud of too. Thank you dear Mondrak, Blessing and Happiness to you all, love, nia
Thanks Nia
Wow this made me cry and miss my own Grandfather, who I said good bye to last year. I pray your ex-step-father-in-law gets better. It is evident that he is very loved. Thank you for sharing the poem/song, so well written & very beautiful~ Racheal
Thank you for the lovely comment. I’m sorry for the loss of your grandfather. It is always hard to say goodbye to anyone in the family as it gives us a sense of our own mortality, and we never expect it to happen to someone we know.
I told my daughter, and she said thank you 🙂
She is quite welcome! Looking forward to reading more of her work and yours 🙂
Thank you Racheal 🙂
Wow, what a mature and beautiful soul. The granddad must feel loved, hope he heals. I have nominated you for the LOVELY BLOG AWARD. Congrats. Regards Leanne
Thank you very much 🙂 I am honoured that you chose to nominate me 🙂
And I agree with you. We are going to try and put it to music today Thank you Leanne
How beautiful…from her very soul. Just in awe at her age and her talent! Wow…I’m speehless. I agree…tell her how awesome this is!! (I know you probably already have, but from us 🙂 ) Thank you for sharing this…agreed where her talent came from too!!! 😀 Hugs~
Thank you Christina 🙂 I have told her, I also tell her every time someone comments too 🙂
Very beautiful. I’m sure her grandfather will be very moved by it. What good medicine!
Thanks, 🙂
Her words convey her feelings in that beautiful and uncomplicated way that children have. So moving and she has her fathers not inconsiderable talent gene as well, please tell her it is a most beautiful poem. You are blessed to have her, she is blessed to have you, nuff said, Penny
Thank you very much Penny, and I will tell her 🙂
🙂
oh, wow. That is REALLY wonderful.
Thanks, I am so proud of her
Just lovely. She is very thoughtful and loving.
Thank you. She is. 🙂
So beautiful….you should be so proud to have raised a very talented, intelligent and compassion young girl.
I am so very proud of her. She came in this evening and had put music to it. Tomorrow we are going to record it 🙂
Touching…
Thanks Rosy, I’ll tell her 🙂
so precious ☺
Thank you 🙂