chantelle ribeiro (1970/10/07 / South Africa - Johannesburg)
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Peaches and Cream (A Poem in Memory of my granny)
I remember your skin
Peaches and cream
A tiny woman
A big dream
As a child I watched you bake
your cheeks rosy from the heat
Always busy
never beat
I admired your beauty
that inner glow
I thought you were pretty
Delicate as a rose
You spoke softly
Sometimes you seemed shy
A beautiful song I sang
made you cry
You barely spoke English
I didn't care
You were my granny
with the soft white hair...
In the arms of the angels
may you rest
and know in our hearts
you will be missed...
chantelle ribeiro
Submitted: Friday, July 20, 2012
Edited: Saturday, July 21, 2012
Poems by chantelle ribeiro : 133 / 207
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