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Paw Paw's Tale
Paw Paw told me long ago,
When I was just a lass,
The rolling stone will not grow moss,
And about that "greener grass".
But I was young and I knew more,
Than a foolish, silly man.
I meant to set my world on fire,
To travel sea and land.
I knew that somewhere on the earth,
I'd find my dream come true.
There'd be no rain, nor sorrow's pain,
The skies would all be blue.
I roamed so far away from home,
That no one there could trace,
The little girl at Paw Paw's knee,
With braids and dirty face.
I vanished as I scoured the globe
In search of peace of mind.
And never knew that Paw Paw's love
Was what I needed all the time.
The letter came in Timbuktoo,
As I dined on a china plate.
Paw Paw had died of a heart attack,
And so it was too late.
The jet that flew me back in style,
The rental car I used,
Were only means to get me home,
And saddened now, I mused.
My Paw Paw tried to tell me once,
But I didn't want to hear.
The finest place on earth, it's true,
Is WHEREVER love is near.
This is kind of heartbreaking if true... You always hear the stories of being by your father's side as he died, but not too many about the more likely alternative of not being anywhere near... I enjoyed the perspective and 'moral of the story' type feel to it :-)