When Life Is Complete

I held your hand as you looked me in the eyes and said, "Son, please never forget me."
Grandpa, it was you who set me free.

You taught me how to tame a bird from the wild,
My happiest memories are with you when I was a child.

You were a man of unbendable steel,
but when it came to your grandkids, we were your Achilles heel.

Death may have taken your body, but it did not take you
The love that we share, even death can't get through.

I can feel you, and I know you can see me,
but the funny thing is when I look in the mirror I see thee.

I am you, and when I'm a grandpa I hope to be half the man you are.
I see you in a shooting star.

I feel you in the summer breeze.
I even miss how you used to tease.

Not a day passes where you don't cross my mind a time or two,
but then again how could it not, I'm just like you.

I will never forget nor love any less,
The time we can't spend together is nothing more than a test.

That day will come where I will come to see you,
and my grandson will be doing this too.

I must make my mark in this world as you did yours.
You just relax up there until I finished my life chores.

Grandpa, five years later and I still haven't forgotten the.
after all, everything you were in life has now become me.

I am the luckiest guy ever to be able to raise a family as you did,
And I'm sure it won't take long to see you in my own kid.

I have many things in this life I must yet still do.
I still look up to one person; Grandpa, it will always be you.

When my life is complete, I will be with you there,
So until then Grandpa, I love you and take care.