Poems From Inside Me

Just as Nice to be an Uncle

So Much Is Very Different Now

Do you remember being young?

Before your childhood school days were done

The taste of ice cream and pop on a hot hot day

The joy of packing up to go away

I recall that back then we all wanted so bad

To grow up to be a mom or dad

My friends and I talked an awful lot

About the love we would give that we hadn’t got

But for me alone life got in the way

Finding love and happiness was something far away

And I also miss those childhood friends of mine

Even though when I had my problems they were unkind

A gift from heaven came to my family though

When my sister’s baby bump began to show

Soon we were blessed with a wonderful tiny one

And I learned that being an Uncle can be so much fun

I look at my niece and hope so very much

Her and I will not part or lose touch

I like to think in my own small way

I helped to raise her and give her many special days

When I was nine as she had now become

I feared a far-off beating drum

I was in a world with bombs, missiles, guns

That would turn the world hotter than a thousand suns

It didn’t really scare me so much that I would die

But I never got an answer why

The whole planet would be engulfed in flames of death

And all I knew and loved would never again draw breath

So now just for my little niece

I donate and pray for the cause of peace

And I hope one day after I have passed

Her and her kids will know a peace that lasts

Leif Gregersen

May 1, 2014