Poem - Namesake

it was odd when i noticed your eyes were green i  realized that as much as i love you, that i really hadn't payed enough attention. i never thought about how it might make you feel, that I'm always saying how much i hate my name, when i a your namesake attempting to imagine how many quarters you've given me over the course of nearly a score every time we'd visit a store and now I'm realize you're more than four... and i should have appreciated you more. you were the first person i ever saw the mother of my mother, who saw me before my own mom you were my first best friend, more often, my only one... and despite your good health, i still tear when i think of the chances of you ever meeting my children. because i want you to live forever if anyone could, it would be you i hope you surpass Abraham and i almost hope my mom does too because after everything that's happened, and all that you've been through, if anyone deserves true longevity Grandma, it's you.