through the window

I sit here looking
Ever looking
Wondering thinking
Why are they so happy 
Playing games
Until the break of night 
Never hate 
Never fight

I see the years and days go by 
Soon one day
I will be old enough to play

But for now I wait
And not hesitate
For I understand I'm young
Soon old enough to play
Waste the day away
With games that go on so that's okay

I watch back through the window
As I waste the day away 
Fun and games but needless to say
I see a smile on my dads face
Like a memory of a saving grace
Perhaps one day ill understand why
There was a smile a a tearful cry

The years of play have past
As in sit back at the window
The leaves look different now so does it all
My days are filled with endless choices
Some hard some easy 
The nights a longer and the days feel short 
As my breath get heavier now fun did last but the time for play is in the past

I sit in my chair look down at my grandson tell him 
Do not worry little one
For his time will come
his play time in the sun

Watch as he is out in playing in field looking at me through the window
Life is taking me soon an I  know, tears well up inside he smiles at me and my smile is starting to show 
Tear rolls from my cheek 
Now I know what my dad felt like all those years ago

Tags: sad, metaphor, encouraging,