To My Great Grandchildren



To my Grandchildren, those great and beyond,
  whom I will never meet

Know that I love you and have seen you in the
  eyes of your parents when they were very small
  
I’ve heard your voices in the trees, when the
  wind blows softly calling my name as I walk

I’ve seen your arms reaching out to me in my
  dreams, as you cry “Papa" and then drift away

Your spirit is mine, as my spirit is yours; and no
  lifetime can keep us apart

I watch over you now and will watch over you then,
  whenever the need is great

I’m that voice you hear when no one else listens,
  and no one else understands

And the heart that feels what you will feel, when no
   one else seems to care

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 17, 2017

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Scheme XX AX AX XX BX XX XX BX X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 704
Words 136
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1

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