With You Grandfather

I sat alone beside you while you slept beneath the crisp white sheets- and bleeping machines I held your hand, I knew you were leaving. I sat alone beside you while you left beneath the crisp white sheets- and bleeping machines I held your hand- waited as it turned cold. I stood alone while they lowered you beneath the crisp cold earth-glad for your peace I had only the silence for company. Now I sit alone with memories of you-of us, beneath the night sky late at night-think of you in heaven And, to the heavens I say 'Goodnight'.