This man, this man that is mentioned in this poem being concaucted in my brain at this moment, was...the greatest man in the world.

You can say almost like a god, no wait he was a god.

He was silent, a lot of the time but whenever he spoke it was God-like

If you take the power of Jesus Christ, the son of the living god and multiply his speaking ability and prescence by 1000, you get my grandfather.

My granfather was perhaps the greatest man to ever walk this Earth..well in my opinion obviously, I say this because I don't want that to be misconstrued as he was the greatest man EVER but this is all in my opinion......

I remember that very fateful day.....the day after Mother's Day....May 14th, 2007, one of the worst days of my life....when everything came crashing down, sent me into a downward spiral...a spiral that I didn't think I could escape from....

This is the day that God stole my granfather from me....you know I still have never forgiven him for that...I'm kind of starting to accept the fact that he is gone and nothing is going to bring him back...not any amount of prayer or wishing can bring him back..but i have to accept that fact and move on....as hard as that will be...this man was just amazing....he never had anything negative to say about ANYONE.. not one single person in this world did he talk bad about.

That is one of the things I will NEVER forget about my grandpa......Well now that i mention it i will never forget anything about my granpa....really there are only 3 things that stick in mind more than any other thing that he did.

1) The fact that no matter what you did that he would always love you unconditionally and forgive you for your sins..no matter what

2) The fact that no matter what....you could ALWAYS tell my grandma and grandpa were still in love...they NEVER fought..well at least that I could remember...a lot of stuff has happened since then...but anyway...they never fought it seemed like no matter what..they were in love and they were married for like 54 years...now thats love....you could just tell by the way that they acted around each other that they were 72 and 75 and still in love....now that is what i call love.....you know i feel that that is how me and Taylor are going to be....wait no.. i dont feel that... i KNOW THAT

3) And I will never forget...NOT EVER....the way that he treated me...he treated me my bother and his other grandchildren like they were everything in this world...and that nothing came in front of him, his wife, kids and grandkids...that's the way i want to live..I want to live exactly like my grandpa did...he is my role model...always has been always will be......my grandpa was the one that taught me to believe in myself..even when nobody else did....he always told me that no matter what I did that he would love me...he was right he always stayed true to that comment...he always told me that i could do whatever i wanted to do...as long as i thought i could do it and you know what.....i have never looked back again...i have never once thought that i cant do something because of him.....

These things i WILL NEVER forget about my grandpa....God, i have never forgiven you for what you have done...but today is that day....today is the day that i will forgive you for what you have done.....because...i now realize that, that....that right there is what he would want me to do....my grandpa would pull me aside and say "Now Tony, I know that he has hurt you by taking me away..but you and i both know that you cant sulk forever....in fact that's not what i would want you to do...." So, I will listen to my grandpa..as i do everytime...but now i realize that this one right here is the most crucial of all....I FORGIVE YOU GOD!

Its been 3 years 7 months and 24 days since that fateful day..and now is the time to stop sulking and bask....not in his death but in his prescence and the fantastic life that he lived.

The Warrior, The Stallion, The God of my life, you have now risen through the clouds to see those pearly gates and to have a better world for yourself...nothing bad can ever hurt you again. I will see you someday

Grandpa, I miss you so much....I love you...I wish to see you again...you will someday

I love you,

--Tony