To My Grandpa~~May He Rest in Peace

[Nacht der Tiger]

Happy Birthday Grandpa
How's the view from up above
It's been over a year Grandpa
A year without your love

Happy Birthday Grandpa
I miss you with all my heart
At least now Grandpa
You and Grandma will never part

Happy Birthday Grandpa
You'd be 76 today
Would you like to know something Grandpa
I still have a lot to say

Happy Birthday Grandpa
I miss you so much
I haven't finished Grandpa
I wish I said more

I miss you Grandpa
More with each passing day
I hold my nicknames dear Grandpa
No one else can say them

I hold all the memories dear Grandpa
Never held on to anything more
I miss your stories Grandpa
All those goofy ones you had

How's the view Grandpa
Did you see me graduate?
How's the view Grandpa
Did you see RJ's cute little face?

How's the view Grandpa
From way up there
I miss you so much Grandpa
I hold you in my prayers

How's the view Grandpa
Do you see us all growing up?
How's the view Grandpa
Do you see all the memories being made?

I thought I would let you know Grandpa
The house has been sold
It is so hard Grandpa
The day to leave is coming so soon

It's so hard Grandpa
To think of all that's happened
It's hard Grandpa
To think you're in heaven

Can you see us Grandpa
Into our very souls?
Do you see the tears Grandpa
And the heartache each holds?

Do you remember Grandpa
The day Grandma died
I could have sworn Grandpa
You also died that day

You remember Grandpa
How we cried that day
Was it scary Grandpa
To die like you did

Did you really see her Grandpa
Was Grandma by your side
Did you see it Grandpa
All the tears we cried

Have you watched us Grandpa
Grow in every way
Does it shock you Grandpa
Or are we a disappointment

I'm sorry Grandpa
I didn't say enough
I'm really sorry Grandpa
But letting go is tough

Did you know Grandpa
You were like my dad
Did you know Grandpa
That I miss you so much.

I guess I'm predictable Grandpa
I put my pain in writing
I feel so guilty Grandpa
I feel like I let you down

I've made some wrong decisions Grandpa
I wonder what you'd say
I like to laugh Grandpa
At the way things used to be

My tears are coming Grandpa
This pain and grief is hard
I miss you so much Grandpa
Will you still watch me grow

I remember Grandpa
The incentive I gave for you to live
I remember Grandpa
Wishing you'd finally let go

I hated to see it Grandpa
All the pain you were in
I hated it Grandpa
I wish that illness didn't win

I guess I had to write this Grandpa
To show you I still care
I had to write this Grandpa
To wish you a happy birthday

And though you'll never read this Grandpa
I'll still hold it dear to my heart
I wish you could see Grandpa
Without you our family fell apart

Only three weeks Grandpa
To cherish this once loved house
Three weeks Grandpa
TO implant the memories in our hearts

Three weeks Grandpa
Only three weeks left
Just three Grandpa
This is all that's left

This house Grandpa
Is the only part of you I still have
How hard Grandpa
But I need to let go

Happy Birthday Grandpa
Here's my gift to you
You'll stay in my head Grandpa
Throughout each passing day

Happy Birthday Grandpa
I will finally let you go
But I want you to know you Grandpa
I love you so much

Rest in Peace Grandpa
Shine down on us tonight
Rest in Peace Grandpa
I'll miss you for the rest of my life.

~~I know this sounds childish.. I honestly do... I wrote this on his birthday this year. It was hard because with 2 weeks of his birthday we were moving... we have moved... RJ is my nephew who is now a year old

RIP Eugene P Christensen July 26, 1928 - June 30, 2003

[onyxfiretear]

death is one of the hardest thing in the world to deal with. I lost my momto cancer when i was 24. one thing i learned through all the hell, anger, grief, and depression is that even though they are not where we can touch them, there love for us never dies. For if you still hold the memories, they will always be alive

[princesskitana]

:'(I wish I could relate to your poem about your grandpa. But needless to say, I never knew my grandfather before he died. I had never met him throughout my whole life. I was a child when he went away and died. Never to ever hold me in his arms as I grew up. Almost to say I didn't know any of my grandparents, only the memory left to haunt my life. Yet, one day maybe it could have been better this way? Cause memories are binding...to make you shed a tear.

[strangeclouds]