Skip to main content

My Great Grandmother


 Once upon a time, you were with me

You sang some songs about land and sea.

You helped me spread my wings out wide,

Flap them hard and reach the sky.

But where are you now? 

Is this hide and seek?

I have searched everywhere,

But in this game I am weak.


The times when you told me all stories,

About the thieves, princes and fairies.

You conquered my heart with your power,

You helped me bloom into a flower.

But where have you gone,

Into the unknown? 

Now that you've disappeared,

The World's lost its true tone.


May this be a formal letter, 

To my dear Great Grandmother,

Wherever you are now,

I'll make sure we'll always love each other.



Comments

  1. T.SrinivasanMarch 13, 2023 at 8:39 PM

    Nice write up on your great grand mother on this day, Shriyandhaa. Your last para is simply super. We born to love each other and not to hate others. That's the way of life

    ReplyDelete
  2. T.SrinivasanMarch 13, 2023 at 8:41 PM

    Super Shriyandhaa .Great Grandma Vanjulam Patti blessings and love always for you and all. Your dedication and love through your poem brings tears. Well written
    From Pushpa patti

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousMarch 13, 2023 at 9:16 PM

    Shriyandhaa kutti you are a blessed soul. Love your choice of words. God bless you. I wish I could hug you right now.

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousMarch 13, 2023 at 9:21 PM

    Periyava anugraham paripoornam. Lots of love to you. I miss her too.

    ReplyDelete
  5. AnonymousMarch 13, 2023 at 9:25 PM

    Great moments with great grandmother brought out very well Shri dear. Keep writing. All the best. G Usha Patti a friend of your patti

    ReplyDelete
  6. AnonymousMarch 13, 2023 at 9:55 PM

    As usual wonderful writeup by a lovable kollu pethi to her kollu paati.Certainly your kollu paati blessings will always be there for you in all walks of your life. Keep rocking dear Shriyandha. With lots of love and admiration from pushkala paati

    ReplyDelete
  7. SubhashreeMarch 14, 2023 at 4:49 AM

    You are blessed Shriyandhaa kutty to listen to the stories of your kollu Patti. Your kollu Patti is inside you ...always blessing and cheering you ...Keep rocking dear ..

    ReplyDelete
  8. AnonymousMarch 14, 2023 at 5:35 AM

    Ever green smile of my late sister. During all her early most difficult days the smile never disappeared My memory of olden days when we were young is fresh but growing old separated ud bodily and not mentally Baby mama

    ReplyDelete
  9. AnonymousMarch 14, 2023 at 7:06 AM

    Fabulous.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Behind The Mask

  Behind the clouds  Is the hidden sky, so far, Behind the plasters, A nasty scar, Behind the curtains,  Are bright windows  But behind a mask - It is not for show. Not until you tumble into the trap,  Stay trapped there, in disguised gloom  Without realising it - And then go deeper and deeper  To discover what really looms. Then realisation strikes - How they behaved, how they feigned The hidden meaning behind every wave  You've found it. And the rage, You try to stifle it with much courage, But instead, burn down the page, And whoops - that leads you to your cage. But in the end, the mask is gone - To reveal an atrocity, so from it begone Don't explain, on its own will it dawn - Upon others, just the way it did on you - Ignore their every scorn. Just wait for their mask to be openly torn.
5 comments
Read more

So Close, Yet So Far

  What you knew you had right beside you What you never knew might leave you What you had neglected for days What you wished was still there, within your gaze. That miniscule amount of hope  That you feel lingering close by You could open out your arms, embrace it, But suddenly it's high in the sky. Once within your grasp, But now away from you, Don't waste a moment on a wee gasp, Time won't stop, and the moving hope too. Each moment is to be caught, Each memory to be cherished, Hold them carefully in your arms, Before they shall vanish. The consistent inkling when you feel, Something close, yet so far, Is only because you know yourself, That it is within your grasp, but not within your confidence. If you're positive enough that you can hold it, The 'it' that is mysterious and something only you know, You can hold the precious 'it', Clutch it tight, don't let it go. You must be close to the end of the day, With its cliffs and slopes and Rocky slides,...
12 comments
Read more

Stars

  Shining in the vast night sky, I see them from afar. Dominated by the brighter moon, There glimmer the stars. Mostly hidden by the cruel shadows, Or by the thick, misty clouds. But they do not give up, they still glimmer on, They make their voice be heard loud. Even though they're hardly seen, Even though they're hardly thought of, They know that someday they will be, Thought of, honoured and loved. So take an inspiration from stars, Show your true essence, Continue to shimmer, ignore the darkness, Because one day it'll fear your presence. 
9 comments
Read more