Life's End

I try to remember you
But I also try to forget you
While I remember I am sad
But also when I forget

I remember your laugh
And how you always seemed happy
I remember how you beat me
In every game we played

I remember how every morning
You would get up first
You’d make breakfast as we woke

You made the best homemade dumplings
And the best homemade soup
All the country dishes you learned as a child

You loved cars and to laugh
To have fun and bacon
Yes… how you oh so loved bacon

I remember the car
That you loved so much
That old Model A
You loved to drive it
I loved to ride in it

I loved how tall you were
I loved your laugh
I loved how you wrapped me in your arm
And sung me around whenever you saw me.
I loved your tuffs of thin white hair
That played on the open plains of you scalp

Why did the cold hand of death take you so quickly?
I know you passed so peacefully with sleep
But I miss you more than anything in the world

I try to remember all the good times we shared
But sometimes it becomes too hard
And your memory makes me cry

I hate that I am forgetting your face
Forgetting your laugh and your smile
I don't want to forget and yet
Sometimes I do
To make the hurt go away
 
I love you so much
I miss you even more
I can see you now
Driving you model A around heaven
It's completely restored
And you are young again.

You have no pain
You have no regrets
You have no worries

I love you Grandpa
I really hope you never forget
I hope with all my heart
That I never forget

 
It hurts to remember
But more to have forgotten
I'd rather deal with the hurt
Than never have the memories at all