Grand Father

A great big teddy bear of a man.
His dark eyes filled with love and compassion.
"Who's in your heart?"
"Jesus!" I reply happily.
Good humored, and an eternal joker,
bringing light and positivity.
He reached out to the hopeless;
to the people who had none.
He gave them something to believe in,
and that was themselves.
He always said I was a genius,
right from the beginning.
I used to believe it..
More of a father to me than my old man.
A grand man, a good man.
God's man.
He taught me never to be hateful.
"Be gracious to one another,"
he always said.
Best advice I've ever heard.
Such a wise man, but no one to listen.
The only man you should trust with your heart isn't your dad.
It's your grandfather.