"My mother"
he said
never said 'I love you'
she didn't have to 
my grandpa 
was never the type to say
'I love you'
he didn't have to 
never did he doubt 
his mothers love

my grandpa said to me 
"I love you"
and we stared at him in surprise
never once did he say that phrase 
to anyone
my grandpa said to him
"hello son,
I've been thinking of you all day"
his form of
"I love you"
striking a bell 
in our hearts
a familiar tingle
because never once 
did we doubt 
our father's love