Dear uncle

I grew with you in my life,
Never quite realising how valuable you were.
But now your dying,
I realise how hard it will be with you not here.

I want to see you again,
But you're so far away.
You're slipping from my reach,
Farther away everyday.

Though we had our differences,
We always got along.
I love you, dear uncle,
I don't know where you life went wrong.

The road to recovery may be hard,
But we'll make it there.
Our family will stick together,
Even if you feel death is near