Looking back on the days,

We spent together,

Under the bright sun,

All the ice cream cones we had,

And the donuts too,

We were the elite team,

Just me and you,

We would laugh and play,

Whenever we could,

You were always there,

My superhero,

One day,

My mommy told me you were sick,

I didn't think much of it,

I get sick all the time,

I was just a kid,

I didn't know what was happening,

Years passed by,

You were still sick,

And I didn't understand why,

You couldn't play with me much,

Sometimes you were too tired to talk,

What was going on?

Where is my superhero?

I wanted to be able,

To jump in your arms,

And be carried around like a princess,

By no one else but you,

Months went by,

Without you to be with,

My mom went to the hospital one night,

She said that everything was fine,

But she had tears in her eyes,

I asked her what was wrong,

But my dad told me,

That she got a fluff in her eye,

Mommy didn't come home that night,

I know because I waited for her,

Even after dad told me to go to sleep,

I heard her come in early in the morning,

She was sobbing,

Daddy went right to her,

And after a few seconds of speaking,

He began to cry too,

They both knew I was awake,

I was shaking with fright,

I didn't want to know what happened,

It seemed too scary,

Even more than a thunderstorm,

I wanted my superhero with me,

I asked where he was,

Mommy started crying more,

And I sat up in confusion,

Dad put a hand on my shoulder,

And told me he had gone to heaven,

My superhero was gone,

He wasn't there to hug me anymore,

Or make me laugh,

I didn't have my hero,

I was left alone,

Not knowing what to do,

Mom said that he wanted me to know,

He loved me very much,

That he would be looking at me from the sky now,

And be with me every day in my heart,

I asked her why he went away,

And she said I was too young to understand,

Mom told me he had something bad in him,

And it was called cancer,

I asked how come it attacked him,

And she said it was because he smoked,

I got real scared right then and there,

Because daddy smoked too,

I didn't want my world to be pulled apart from me,

And I hardly understood,

All I knew was that I would never smoke,

No matter what,

I didn't want to create this feeling in anybody else,

Every birthday after that,

And every wish that I made,

I asked for my superhero back,

Just once last time,

So I could say goodbye,

And that I love him,

I wanted to give him one last hug,

One last kiss on the cheek goodbye,

I miss him more and more each day,

And I never will forget,

All the fun we had,

And everything that went on,

I will never understand why,
People still smoke those stupid cigarettes,

Or why they would want to cause such misery,

Do you understand how much it hurts?

Please stop this all right now.

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A.N. My superhero is my grandfather who died when I was 7 years old. And too all those smokers out there, you are causing so much hrut towards your family and friends. There is second hand smoke out there too. It affects so many people. Please stop