one day at a time...

[ghostwriter79]

i haven't written much in the past year and a half since my grandpa died. i've tried to write some since, but its been rare. this is something i wrote just before he passed.

written 2006-06-26

i see you slippin further and further away
not each day but moment rather
i look at my father
and see the tears wellin
his eyes red and scared
for the first time in my life
i see the look on his face
turn to one that's unsure
i no longer know of what to pray
for you to keep fighting
or for the good Lord to ease your pain
and take you to a better place
your wife cries hourly or more
my eyes water when she pulls you close for a kiss
still stories i wish you could tell me
still lessons on being a man i need to learn
nowhere near ready to lose you
still hoping to one more time say grandpa i Love you
but now preparing for the moment when
i'll be forced to say that final good-bye