I Look At My Grandfather And...

I look at my grandfather and I know

that health and youth are not everlasting, but courage and determination is

I look at my grandfather and I know

that families are not born, they are built

I look at my grandfather and I know

that it doesn't matter how much you got, but how many you have to share it with

I look at my grandfather and I know

that the wisdom and lessons for life that I could get from his bed time stories are far greater than any book or school would have ever taught

I look at my grandfather and I know

that he is a different generation altogether

Patient, regal, elite and exclusive

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Past week my grandfather celebrated his 91^st birthday. As a family, I realize how incredibly lucky we are to have him around. I scribbled these lines thinking about him and his effect on our family. May his presence continues to bless us for many more years to come.

Amen!

The Prologue...

I am a different person when u see me in the day

Happy and busy

Keeping all emotions at bay

But there is something that keeps me up at night

I don't know if it's your memory or the hope of your sight

And though my story seems quite mundane and old

Simple, bland, common that needn't be told

I write it with just one desire

What I couldn't do in person

May be my words will transpire

Turns out, all one needs is sleeplessness and that one person to inspire

You, were that inspiration for me.

Some will accept it and some may fret

But everyone has that one song

Making our eyes wet

Reminding us, with whom we belong

You, were that song for me

There are a lot of people around

With whom I can laugh

But you and only you were the one with whom I could cry

And a man would never admit this

But to find "the one" like that is a persistent try

While people call it fate

That's how I define my soul mate

You, were that definition for me

With you gone, and the loss is hard to accommodate

I have come to realize

Though I know how to love, I can't get you to reciprocate

I may be hurt but not for once I resent

Just that I am a mere human

With a need to occasionally vent

And so I turned to writing and it feels cathartic and divine

Knowing what's lost was actually never mine

What's mine are my feelings

Which have come alive

Like a relentless emotional tide

This is a place with no present and

My future and past collide

This is where I found me

This is where I found you

This is where we realize

That I am you and

You are, me and my darkside

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