Ode to Grandad

by kid.baby.   Jul 29, 2004


I was only eight when my granddad died
but in the past year most of these inspired tears have been cried

I came home from school seeing my dad on the phone,
not working out until now, he must've been so alone

When he told me it was quite a surprise
that I didn't even need a tissue to slightly dry my eyes

It was weird that it didn't hurt me, that I didn't cry
but to do this I had to wait for years to fly by

Going to his funeral, singing hymns, hearing the prayer
I didn't really understand why I had to be there

By now my life has got really strange,
One morning I woke up with all these new pains

And when my best friend asked me why at break I cried,
I could only say because it was 7 years ago today my granddad died!

R.I.P. Frederick Charles Basil George Brooks

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  • 20 years ago

    by nikki

    this is a really great poem, as are all of yours. my grandad died when i was 8 too. but i knew exactly what happened. and i was expecting it because he had had parkinsons disease since i was 5, so i didn't really remember him not being sick. but i felt like i couldn't let myself cry because i had to help my mum. i realised that i had never cried over it 2 years ago and burst into tears right there sitting on the train when everyone was laughing at something stupid one of my friends had said and they all thought i was ver strange, although they already thought that. anyways, the point being, great poem lol.
    xnikkix

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