Elegy To My Departed Grandmother Poem by Regina Andrea Sanico

I woke up once early

And went to the shore

Watched the fishermen paddled their oars

I sudden heard an old sweet voice

Humming a lullaby to a baby with rejoice


I stepped inside my grandma's house

And felt the breeze in my thin blouse

I gazed at the frames which proudly stood

Where loving and sweet memories were all captured


I remembered myself on my grandma's lap

Smiling with her and laugh and laugh

My smile and her smile tossed

My laugh and her laugh froze

While we enjoyed the glasses of Coke

All of laughed and choked and choked


If sometimes I sleep on her lap,

She would touch my tangled curly hair

And tell us stories,

About the 'Tortoise and the Hare'


But all of our moments froze,

When the day came, and I felt like tossed;

I felt my heart bleed

When I saw her inside her coffin


I waved to her 'goodbye'

With my tears running down;

But my love to her, and our memories stayed

'for it's the only wealth' she said,

She could leave...