�A Grandfather�s Wish�

 

 

 

 

“A Grandfather’s Wish”

A small child comes into the world

Not asking for the honor of being

Created out of love to be shown

Patients lost to the hour of Parenting

 

She gives of her love without questions

 Lost in a kindred kindness

Reflection of attentions taken for granted

Never again to be seen as a child

 

Time once lost never to be regained

The hope of laughter

Finding happiness in others

Only to be crushed in return

 

Parents finding goodness

Maintaining the straight and narrow

Only to find in there life’s span

When looking back they were wrong

 

My wish of not having to say I told you so!

At the expense of a mother’s love

The acceptance of a kindness undone

Revisited to the Parent now old

 

I look into the mirror

A reflection of sadness

Of things I would have done differently

If only I were that child 

 

Reviews

[Sseoni]

What a wonderful poem! So full of emotion! Happiness, sadness, and many other feelings that you've expressed beautifully in this poem of yours! I loved it! The wording is amazing and I really enjoyed reading this poem! :D

[Valentine]

How many times in life do we say..if only!! Looking back we all see things we wish we had done differently but find it is too late to undo them..a very sad but truthful write..God bless...Valentine

[Phibby Venable]

very well written..very sad & all we have is time as a teacher, just before it runs out.

[Red Raven]

It sounds like regret or wishes of choosing a different way.
Sad but true
it's written with great care, i can see that.
Your Title remind me of my best friend- My grandfather.

Thanks for sharing:O)
RedRaven

[Eagle Cruagh]

The things I would like to do over,
the stuff I would like to say-------------

Raising children may be like saying goodbye
to a loved one at the end of life----- we just
never get it done, it`s never finished and it is
never done properly.

Afraid your poem tells about that great abyss in
life --- the things we would like to do differently.

It seems to me you have come as close as humanly
possible to doing it over. You have written a poem
that probably will last for eternity.

Thank you for the pleasure of reading one of the very
few poems that I classify as--------GREAT !

Not much can be said, nothing will improve perfection.

-------Eagle Cruagh