I wish I would have known

I wish I would have known
you were only here a while.
I would have listened more,
though I was only a child.

I wish I would have known
the importance of your words
the importance of your history
though the thought did not occur.

I wish I would have known
that each hug could be the last.
Instead I ran around
it all happened far to fast.

I wish I would have known
to breathe you in a little more.
To know the man you were,
To love you to the core.

I wish I would have known
that love endures forever.
But then I wouldn't know
how to love you better.

I wish I would have known
death really meant new life.
But now that I am older
new life has me revived.

I wish I would have known
that you can here me now.
But now I do;
and I can say,
"I really, truly, always, will forever have love for you."

In rememberance of the men I have lost in my life...
Jason Robert Grell~ My brother, my friend
Eugene Ralph Aszmann~ My loving Grandfather whose hugs I miss the most
Great-Grandpa Foss~ who I never really got to know, but wish I would have listened to his stories
Great Uncle Al~ Who had a beatiful smile, and bubble gum