GRANDPA

THE ONLY GRANDPA THAT I CAN REMEMBER IS

FROM MY YOUTH,

FOR HE LOVED ME, OH SO MUCH, AND

HE COULD NEVER DO

ENOUGH FOR ME. IT SEEMED AS IF HE WERE

HURRYING TO TRY

TO MAKE EVERY MOMENT COUNT WITH ME,

AND I OFTEN WONDERED WHY.

HE TAUGHT ME THAT HE LOVED ME,

AND THAT OTHERS WOULD DO THE SAME.

HE TAUGHT ME TO BE FAIR AND RIGHT

WITH EVERYONE, NO MATTER THEIR NAME.

HE DRANK JUST A LITTLE TOO MUCH,

BUT THEN I DID NOT KNOW

WHAT DRINKING WAS, OR WHAT IT DOES,

BUT LATER, IT DID SHOW.

YET GRANPA LOVED ME BEYOND WORDS,

AND TAUGHT ME TO BE TRUE

TO MYSELF AND OTHERS, AND THIS I TRY TO DO.

HE TAUGHT ME LOVE, WHAT IT IS, AND IS NOT,

HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO TELL WHEN IT IS TRUE.

HE TAUGHT ME WELL, FOR NOW I KNOW

HOW MUCH I DO LOVE YOU.

THANK YOU, MY DARLING GRANDPA.

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