To Grandpa - 1995

by

Wilma Hoofard

This is to man who means the world to me. His life was hard and very fast but he is still going strong.

When I was young and just a child of three.
This man cared and always had plenty of love just for me.

He smashed my pinky finger in the bathroom door.
One day I was hiding under the bed and he called me a little whore.

He always made sure I had presents on Christmas day.
He left me know I had a place to stay when my father would stray.

We went through a whole lot of hell together through thick and thin.
We were there for each other when my precious grandmother’s life came to an end.

His lost was large his heart was shattered.
He didn’t care about anything nothing else mattered.

He managed to pull his life together again.
With lots of help from his loved ones and friends.

At the age of seventy-two he was busted with cocaine.
He called me from jail saying " get me out I’m going insane".

My grandfather has settled down some you see.
He got out of this one with five years of probation and a lot of fees.

He really is a good person no matter what anyone thinks.
To me he is the best he is my grandfather and I think his shit don’t stink.

If I leave this world before my grandfather I know he will be sad.
Yes I will miss him but he better keep on fighting or I will be mad.

Grandma and I will be watching you with a very close eye.
So you better be good quit drinking and be sure not to tell a lie.

You must go on and live life as good as you can.
For grandma and I still believe your one hell of a man.

Grandma and I will be waiting for your judgement day.
We’ll be at the gates to show you the way I love you grandpa and that is what I’m trying to say.

No one will ever call me sweetpea again.
You’re not only my grandfather you’re my friend.

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