For you Grams...

Dove

Your sacred wings
fly over a vacant sky.
No owl wiser
may even come close
to knowing as many things as you know.
You are a dove.

You have the passion for equality,
never judging one such soul.
You fought for gay rights,
womens rights,
and just anything that had to do with making the world a better place.

None of my words could explain the way you were perceived in my eyes.
You gave me better advice than anyone ever could.
You never once judge the way I felt about something.
You never once made me feel I had to do something I wasn't comfortable with.
I know that
if you were here right now,
you would be wiping away my tears and telling me it is ok,
to keep on crying,
but don't only cry for you.
You told me when gramps died, not to cry for him alone.
you told me not to only feel the pain I felt inside,
but to scream the pain of the whole world.
That was the first time in my life you told me you loved me and was proud of me.
Grams, I want you to know that,
what I have learned from you is
no matter what you have been through,
never stay in one place,
just do your best and live for the world.

Grams, you are my stone angel.
My stone carved grams.
You brought me light to guide me to my future,
but that is no longer there.
I'm going to try to find my own light grams...
I miss you...
You are my dove, guiding me to my own light.
In the after life grams... Till then...

Pearl Rice: November 1919 - March 2004

I love you and miss you grams.

-Little Ry