Grandpa

My grandpa passed away on January 23 2013, just days away from his 93 birthday. I miss him everyday. Rest in peace.

There's no one at home
I know, I know
I held your hand
I watched you go
But sometimes I forget
When the phone rings
I think your calling to ask how mom has been
When we'll visit next
If I'm okay
But I'm not fine
When we drive by that motel sign
Because sometimes death kills more
Than the person that died.

Reviews

[Susie Parsley]

They take a piece of us with them when they go, maybe it is their reminder of us, their photo on the mantelpiece, the shoe box of knickknacks full things that remind you of them?, for a moment when reading your poem "I felt your pain", time is a comforter that at least numbs it, just remember this, someone is only truly ever gone when the last person on earth forgets about them, take comfort in your memories and the special moments you shared. I intend to write a poem in the near future that describes my own theories of death, and how I believe this process is closely connected to the life cycle of the butterfly, feel free to add me as a friend because I think you may be interested to read it, God bless you and your Granddad, p.s, my own mum passed away 22nd June 2012, I understand :-), Andy.

[messytessa]

Thanks so much for your reply. I am sorry about your mom. They had been telling us for over a year that he would pass away, and some days it just seems like it can't be true. Something will remind me of him and then I will realize that he is gone. It is very true what you said, I will never forget about my grandfather. I look forward to reading your poem.

[Susie Parsley]

Let me share something with you that I personally know to be true, after someone passes away they have between 3 and 6 days to visit their loved ones, after this time their spirit guides tell them when its time to go, they are then placed in a process where they must unlearn all that it was to be human and learn to be in spirit form again, this process takes between 3 and 6 months, after this time they join the rest of the cosmic soup that make up consciousness that we would call the spirit world. I visited my mum once in the intensive care unit of the hospital, she was ready to be moved to a general ward, as soon as I walked in she said, "Andy, I had a vision last night, the vision was that we are all part of a cosmic soup and that when we die we are just re-absorbed back into this cosmic soup", my mum was very spiritual but not religious, since she passed away various strange things started to happen, I was told by a medium that my mum had sent "people" to help me, within days I got two friend requests on Facebook from two very unique individuals, they had an innocence the likes of which I had only witnessed in children, I was put through this process called SCR# Matrix, it examined my life and my emotions, focused on what made me ME, it was a very emotional process, I had asked these people if my mum had sent them and they never directly said yes, I received a postcard that said "Your mum is alright". I had sort of an alcohol problem in that I drank every night to help me sleep, one of these people knew about it, I cant explain how he knew but he seemed to know alot about me that he possibly couldnt have known, I was told that I would have to stop drinking so I did for over 6 months, I had started again and I felt ashamed that I had let myself down, him down and my mum, I was up the stairs getting ready to go out and buy alcohol, as I came down the stairs I asked God to send me a sign so I would stop drinking, I asked that one of my mums pictures would fall over on the mantelpiece, as I got to the bottom of the stairs I seen all the pictures were still upright, I went over to my mums picture with sadness in my heart, I noticed that a couple of lose photos had fallen over, I thought this was my sign, I then remembered that I had asked a workman who was doing work in the house to hand me a set of disks that were in front of the photo's, I thought that he must have knocked them over, at that very second a photo fell over, followed by another and then another, and then the whole lot fell over, I got down on my knees and began to cry, I thanked God and my mum for the sign and I havnt drank since, I dont think I am any more special than you or that my mum loved me any more than your granddad loved you, I guess what I am trying to say is that your granddad is closer to you now than at any time in your life, as close to you as a thought..., I am not telling you this to try and make you feel better, I am telling you because it is true, believe it in your heart and keep an eye out for subtle signs because nobody ever truly dies or leaves us, its simply the caterpillar and the chrysalis, because we cant see them dosnt mean that they are not there with us, Andy.

[SyberRose]

A sad one...and your last line is so true...Rose

[messytessa]

Thank you :)