My Great-grandpa was a strong man. Never showed a sign of weakness as he towered above us all, because my great-grandpa was tall. He had more height than any of us physically and he had more might than the majority of us mentally, and he had a bigger appetite than most of us no matter how skinny he was. Always tellin us to eat our meals with a piece of bread, my great-grandpa always made sure we were well fed. Watering the seeds he planted and giving them what they needed while demanding no interference. Ya see my great-grandpa had a green thumb when it came to gardening. The fruits he produced provided life, love, and nourishment to the women who produced me. And to be fortunate enough to feed and have fed off of the things that my great-grandpa grew is a blessing that I pray you have had the chance to experience too. There was nothing that my great-grandpa couldn't do. He built things from the ground up with his bare hands,...my great-grandpa was simply a great man.
But...I do believe we're falling short of his greatness, fighting to achieve nothing while fighting each other with obscenities, posting statuses and talking down to one another as though we're not all fam and we don't already have enough enemies. Is this what my great-grandpa gave birth to? Even if you say it's not, that's how it seems. Spending so much time bickering we're not catering to our loved ones needs and maybe if we were, the majority of us wouldn't be hurting. My great-grandpa was a man to celebrate but we only cared when we had time and when we finally found the time we also found it was too late.
Funerals bring families together from near and from afar. I would think living in the same proximity does that but I guess that belief is sub-par. I love my family with all my heart and I definitely love my great-grandpa, but looking around....I don't recognize ya'll. This ain't what I remember...I'm kinda glad my great-grandpa stopped remembering because this ain't something that I would want him to see. If he were to remember the seeds he planted he woulda also known that the roots seem to be dying and so with that great-grandpa...Rest in Peace.
