Grandpa's On the Internet

When someone shouted loudly From somewhere down the hall I dropped what I was doing It almost made me fall I took a long, deep breath And started toward the noise Grandpa had been visiting And was working with the boys Then the shout came once more I could not believe my ears “Grandpa’s on the internet” Multiplied my fears This man had refused to learn How to turn a computer on And now he is on the internet I was sure I heard it wrong But As I turned the corner And quietly peeked into the room The vision which confronted me Was anything but gloom Grandpa was watching the monitor As he pushed the mouse around I stood and watched in disbelief Trying not to make a sound He hit the enter and shouted “Where the heck am I now” The boys were laughing so hard they could hardly make a sound. I watched for several minutes Before he saw me there Grandpa stopped what he was doing And turned slowly in his chair “What’s the matter, can’t you see I’m busy with this box? I’m finding friends I never knew I’m seeing little locks” “I’m moving this little arrow Back and forth across the screen. I can make the whole thing disappear No longer to be seen”. “I see pictures taken long ago And some from far away. I ask and get an answer And it doesn’t take three days”. The look that was on his face I thought was gone for good. But now he was having fun again I never thought he would. For when he lost my mother his world came to an end. He sat in his recliner His heart would never mend. This new challenge in front of him Had pulled him from his chair. His mind had turned to other things Traveling to who knows where. It didn’t really matter Where he was or what he found “Grandpa‘s on the internet” Oh, what a lovely sound