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To You

 :grandmas


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Little did I know grandma

that today the sun was burning my skin till red

And just this morning I saw her enjoying the meal in peace. 

I joined her 

I pulled the chair with impatience

but it would never distract her from the joy

 

This sunny day made the flowers bloom in her eyes

She was reborn from a restful night and I envy her

The motionless ocean danced on her skin,

Stories in odor unfolded: 

The top notes whispered, "It was jasmin with its tiny petals

dancing equinoctially in her bedroom."

Her magical smile turned into cloves

From her teacup, she slowly sipped the sweetness 

and embraced her eighty-first luck 


Then she wondered,

"Do you know how to mend a heart?"


She had to let her soul, my mother's father, go

She did not complain

From her voice, wisdom shared 

With a hint of betel leaf, life offered her respect. 


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Yesterday was rainy and bathed me wet

What about tomorrow, will it be cloudy

and mute all the colors like the TV shows in the '50s

Or windy and brush my tangled hair

before I could wash my hair which grows greasy?


/3/

tbc



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