Guest Author - Pamela Dyar
Grandmama
Grandmama She woke up every day
With her coffee and a smile
Turned on the news and sat down for a while.
Her wrinkled hands had years of work
To show her life’s habits
Her wrinkles around her eyes helped her lurk
For all the outside happenings and rabbits.
She loved her yard sales so much in fact
She’d tap on my window at sunrise
To get me to go and be in tact
And she’d always find a surprise.
She slept with her Bible and read every night
That’s when she slept at all
For most of the time she worried about us
And that consumed her most of all.
She loved her family and showed it in every way.
Her cooking, her hugs, her touch.
She worked like a 30 year old every day
And loved her flowers so much.
She never thought about herself indeed,
She was always there no matter where or how
She always had us cows to feed
And she wanted to feed you now.
But those hands, those precious things
The places and things that they saw
She always wore her very same rings
And going to church was the law.
So many things I miss so desperately,
Her laugh her smell her silly ways
So I write this poem affectionately
Cause she’s not in my days.
If I could have just one more embrace
And tell her what an angel she was
If I could just stare at her beautiful face
And tell her thank you again for loving us.
She was my person and I’m so lonely
Not having my person and best friend
Now I stay so homely
And pray for the mourning to end.
I love you, Grandmama with all my heart
And I know you’re in heaven to see
That I have kept my promise to you
And I hope you are proud of me.
Until the day we meet again,
I’m asking Jesus to hug you for us
And I know just exactly what you would say
I don’t want to make a fuss.
But I see bluebirds everywhere
And that’s what gets me through
That lets me know that you are there
And that will just have to do.
I miss you I kiss you I hold your hand
For you held my heart all these years
Time is truly an hourglass with sand
And doesn’t stop no matter the tears.
I could fill up the Nile with the ones for you
But you are worth every emotion and teardrop
People may not understand my love for you
But that will never make it stop.
Now you are my angel of life
And I’m thankful for your presence no doubt
In our lives even though there’s pain and strife
Love is what it’s all about .
You were the living example of this
And Gods perfect love too
And no matter where this life goes
In heaven I will find you….