Lessons from my Grandfather's Grave

My grandfather once said

“One day, the rain will pour,

It’ll slam against your windows

And seep through your front door.

It’ll ruin your back fence

And run down the gutter drain,

It’ll wake you in the night

And you’ll watch from your window-pane”

He smiled with this look,

That I had never seen,

It was the kind of smile

That showed all the places he had been.

“You see, my dear,

It will rain for days and days,

And you’ll believe it won’t ever stop,

But you will realize,

Just as I did,

When you see the last raindrop.

Everything must come to an end,

There is no other way,

It’s a lesson I should have learnt,

But now it’s much too late”

My grandfather once said,

“One day, the clouds will clear

The sun will peak through your curtains

And you’ll know, summer is here.

It’ll dry up all your flowers

And the color of your house will fade

But there is nothing like the beauty

You’ll see, on that lovely day.

The skies will be as blue

As the ocean on a calm morning

And you’ll forget about the days

When the rain wouldn’t stop pouring.

Your house will become warm

And you’ll sleep by the fan,

You’ll start to miss the cool breeze,

But your days will still be grand.

You see, my dear,

There is always good within the bad

You’ll learn this lesson,

Just as I have.

Sometimes, you’ll feel like the sand

Beneath people’s feet,

And other days, you’ll be the ocean

That flows without defeat.

You are so much, I promise you,

Let nobody tell you less,

You’re the wind within the trees

And my stars, I must confess.”

My grandfather once said,

“One day, you will see

Just how wonderful

This world can be.

You’ll have your days,

Your ups and your downs,

But never let the rain,

Cause you to frown.

As one day,

You’ll meet the love of your life,

And he’ll illuminate the darkness

And you’ll only see light.

I won’t lie to you, my dear,

It won’t be easy,

But your grandmother was

The best thing to ever happen to me.

Despite the battles we had to face,

There is nobody else

In the human race,

That could make me smile

Just as she did,

And there is no place

I could’ve hid.

She was the sun

That seeped through my window

And I wish I never had to

Let her go. “

My grandfather once said,

That sometimes it was okay to gamble,

If I used my head.

He told me that it was good to dream,

And that she was the greatest beauty

He had ever seen.

He taught me how to love

And see the good within the bad,

He told me to be brave

And take care of those I had.

He taught me everything

I had ever needed to know,

But I never thought I’d have to

Let him go.

He was my favorite person,

And never will there be,

Anyone who could replace

The light he lit within me.