For My Uncle Jack

Somewhere

From within that place

That is our common destiny

Where the paths of hope and reality cross

Where reality breeches the gap

Between a good man’s life and eternity

He seeks to remember

Hoping to be remembered

Not for glorious deeds on shining steeds

Nor conquests of treasure‘s illusion

Instead, the affirmation of life’s joys

That which truly matters

His family and friends

Happiness and love

Fond memories that draw a curtain

Across those that may be painful

For even though all of our memories merge

Shaping us into what

And into who we become

Now is not the time to dwell

On the chaff of life now spent

Or the trials which still may be

Rather to embrace the sweetness

Of each day that remains

To feel the love of those surrounding him

And the love of those so very far away

To smile with pride at his legacy

A man who championed a family

Holding them close to heart and home

Rather than scattered to the four winds

So often the way of his clan

Yes, he will be remembered

With each soft tug on our heartstrings

His song will play on

For all of his siblings

For all of his sibling’s children

Who will each in their own way and place in time

Reminisce……..

Perhaps thinking out loud with their own siblings....

I am glad I knew my Uncle Jack

And I miss him

Copyright 2011 Patrick Granfors