Grandma's Gone

Grandma's gone

The priest had such lovely words for us

What a holy lady lost

She'll remain in all our thoughts

Her great grandkids run through pews

Remind us how life's renewed

And I want to play with them too

But I don't know how to

No, I'm getting older

Getting older too

Grandpa died on Father's Day ten years ago

We couldn't remember his funeral

Grandma must have remembered it well

My sisters only remembered one thing

They learned our aunt and her friend were lesbians

I had already known

I dog sat for them

I guess we just choose to forget

So how is this day any different?

Papa hated Grandpa

They were too proud to agree

Mama's always crying

She's worried I'm the same

But Mama, I'm determined

I am steadfast, I am certain

I will not be like your lover

I am stronger, more in writing

Your time will come, and you'll move on

I'll try not to forget

When Papa gets his cancer

I'll stay with him until the end

And I will be much better for it

And you will be much better for it

And we will feel much better then