Pappou and the Stars

My pappou explained the scale of love

First you love your parents

Then you love your spouse

After you love your children

But the greatest love of all is the love for your grandchildren

Always lively and prideful

Sang to me constantly

First sang to me about the cat

Then sang to me about the farm

But my favorite song of all was about my hair

A love for history 

I acquired this love from you

Listen to you telling me stories for hours

Your broken English helping me to understand

I never fully grasped the stories

But I was happy to have been there with you

Weaker

You grew powerless as a wilted weeping flower as cancer overtook you

You still held on for a strong fight

It was getting close to the time

But I will never forget those words you told me on that summer day

Muffled phone

A continent apart

είναι καιρός να γίνω αστέρι στον ουρανό

Tears overwhelmed my eyes

But what you do not know is that those words imprinted in my mind

I will never forget 

The three days before you died

I refused to see you in your deathbed

You were in a coma

But then you woke and asked for me

You looked at me

I could see the smile your eyes

I could see the stars in your eyes

Now that I look at you

I do not look at you in your deathbed

But I look at you in the sky, my beautiful star

And for that I am happy

Even if you are not with me, you are not suffering 

But pappou, what I wanted to tell you all this time is that you forgot a scale of love

The love a grandchild has for their grandparents

- Your καμάρι