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taramw
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since 2000-06-08
Posts 738


0 posted 2000-06-19 06:58 AM


Pa is what I called you,
That's what you always were.
You were my Grandpa, my Pa.

When I was little,
A big hand to hold onto
A rare smile to watch out for
A smell of garlic and tobacco.

Although not blood-related,
Related through love.
A Grandpa, all the same.

To grow up with
You were all I knew.

And then you were gone
You might as well have died.

For twenty years
You were the Pa I held dear
The only Grandpa, really
That I knew.

Did you know what
You walked away from?

Did you know what
Love you left behind, Pa?

Well, guess what,
A part of me
Hates you now, Pa
oops,
Wally.
You're not my Pa
anymore.


*********************


My Nanna lived on a dialysis machine for 12 years of her life. She was a very brave and uncomplaining lady. On the first anniversary of her child's death (1989) Wally left my Nanna. Nanna died six months later. He loved the bottle more. I feel real sorry for him.  He's missed out on heaps.

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SpitFire
Member Elite
since 2000-04-19
Posts 2396

1 posted 2000-06-19 08:10 AM


~Oh this is like you unzipped your heart and let this pour out.  How poignant this is.  Indeed missing out is an awful shame.  Thank you for sharing this. Take care. *Peace.
Joel the wolf
Senior Member
since 2000-04-06
Posts 1333
Angels Camp
2 posted 2000-06-19 11:11 AM


Taramw, this is so heartfelt, god it hurts, it is a tragedy when we have lost a ?? family member to god knows what,
I lost all my uncles to the bottle, they all died with it in there hand, and their lives were a sad escapade in lost loves. Family included.
Some where in your heart you still love him.
All in all it is a tragic loss to all, and to your Nanna.

Anyway, thank you for answering my scream on line, it does mean a lot to most here to know that someone has heard us somewhere.

Joel.

I howl a mournful song, that echos within my chambered heart, for all to read? nay for all to feel.

Dark_kisses_Within
Senior Member
since 2000-03-21
Posts 680
Kansas
3 posted 2000-06-19 11:19 AM


EXCELLENT poem!! Now this one makes ya remember so much.  They do say time heals.  But does it really??  I guess thats a question answered in different ways by different people.  
Once again..... "nice work"

Peace


I do not love you for being perfect.....
I love you for being perfect for me!!



Jeremiah Johnson
Senior Member
since 2000-06-08
Posts 1223
Brooksville, Fl, U.S
4 posted 2000-06-20 01:00 AM


GREAT POEM here. and all the passion you put inside it and its not closed up like your trying to hide it its gives great expression.
i love it.

I'm the lord, I'm the havoc, I'm the soul



Isis
Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland
5 posted 2000-06-20 06:32 PM


I too lost an uncle to the bottle, he died on a toilet floor at the pub. Terrible waste.
They can't help it hon, it is an illness.  My uncle went bad at the end too, I adored him and it hurt, now I look back only on the good times and love him for all he meant to me before the grog changed him, you should do the same for your Pa hon, remember the good and love his memory for that.
powerful stuff here hon  

I'll tell you this...... No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.....
~Isis~
(Goddess - Sovereign of the Spirit)


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