I never met my other grandfather, <br />My father's father is the one I mean, <br />I have his name but I would much rather <br />I'd also had his literary gene <br />Enabling me to write accomplished verses. <br />Now that, would be a trait that I'd admire! <br />The skill to write a poem which converses <br />On any subject of your heart's desire. <br />If truth be told we met when I was born, <br />And so for fifteen months we knew each other. <br />But from our native country we were torn <br />To join our father, you and I and mother. <br />Of course, I don't remember my granddad, <br />He died, when I was but a little lad.<br /><br />Elia Michael<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-never-met-him/
