Lost Dreams

Your Grandma's feeling sad today.
You may have seen her cry.
Someone is gone forever
Whom she'd hoped would never die.

She's remembering the long ago
When she was just a girl
And his piercing blue eyes from the screen
Could set her heart awhirl.

He is gone with all the others
Who had played important part
In her dreams and silly fancies
Before Grandpa had her heart.

Richard and Kirk and Gregory
Burt and Rock, Jimmy and John.
Henry and Frank and Montgomery,
All of her idols gone.

Each had taken a little piece
Of a sweet and carefree time
When these heroes of the silver screen
Were hers for just a dime.

She's crying for Joanne and Paul
And just a little for herself
As she plucks the salad dressing
Bearing his face from the shelf.

By: Joyce 9/27/08