To Be Grandparents First

If we could only

be grandparents first.

We might just understand

our kids and their thirst.

They need to see love

they need to be heard.

The fact that they matter

and not placed in third.

They ought to come first

in all thing that we do.

Without showing our love

it just won't ring true.

We've got to start listening

to things that they say.

Opening our hearts

showing the way.

But as parents we seldom

can see what they need.

We surrender to wants

instead of planting a seed.

Then when we have troubles

we must take the blame.

The kid just wants attention

our neglect is our shame.

We haven't been listening

ignoring what's said.

We think we know better

and send them to bed.

But to gramma and grampa

it's all so quite different.

We've seen the mistakes we made

no longer indifferent.

We've learned to take time

to sit down and listen.

And when we look in their eyes

they seem to just glisten.