My Fairy God Mother Poem by Umasree Raghunath

God thought we need a fairy mother
So he sent us a sweetest Grand Mother
She replaced all my love for a mother
Was there to guide and be a god mother

She was there with her fragile attire
Softest, sweetest and surest way to retire
She showed us the way to live
And she had all her life for us to give

Forgetting her would mean forgetting
The fairest childhood of us in getting
She smiled like an fairy angel
Being with her life was never a danger

She was just not our dads mom
But to us a friend and a brum
She drove the happiness of our lives
She taught the lessons of all lives

She was there to teach us discipline
Guiding us in all good and right
A little smile that brought us peace
A little anger that made us silent

As a child I found a glory
Of being under her care all day
She was my first teacher
My first friend and first guide

Had it not been for her
My attitude towards life is no where
To what I am today
Glad I was brought up by her there

I loved the food she cooked
Enjoyed the stories she told
Sleeping with her was a delight
Waking up with her call was bright

Thank you Nani, that's how we called
With love to the grand old lady of our lives
All her life she loved being our friend
Being there when we always need


Dedicated to my Grandmother J. Sakuntala Bai, who reached her favourite son three years back on this day.

A Rose has falled to the Earth, leaving the fragrance spread across the ages with the three buds she helped to bloom…………………