Grandfather

Days roll into months and I try not to miss you. I drown your name in the noise of my life, I chase memories of you from my consciousness. I treat thoughts of you as pestering ghosts. I try so hard to forget you. Yet, somehow you always come back like a dam that bursts with all its might. I wish you wouldn't come with the fanfare of heart-breaking tears, forlorn memories and a desperate love. But you do.