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A Great Grandmother

June 13, 2024
By sk319 BRONZE, Everett, Washington
sk319 BRONZE, Everett, Washington
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Everywhere mosquitoes buzzing like a static TV

Dots of vex on my skin

I hear you singing like mosquitoes


Everywhere peacocks laughing like chalk dust music 

Chills in my love red blood

I hear you laughing like peacocks


There, a hut home

A metal roof weaved with nature

A brick wall with open arms


I penguin forth


I see silken sari of a sunset’s kiss 

I see teetering like a 3 leg table

I see skin of elephant trunks dipped in tradition

I see hands of the grand canyon lost in time


You carousel around


You see cotton bliss of a mushroom dress

You see toddling like a two leg table

You see skin of chinchilla fur brushed with curiosity

You see hands of the soft great plains


Great plains twined in Grand Canyon

I waddle you wobble

Dirt tickles our toes

Love twining our fingers


You show me the temple

An Earth floor of serenity

A marble wall of stability

Hands together we pray for each other


The author's comments:

This is a recalling of a moment when I met my great grandmother for the first time; an old beautiful woman, living on the outskirts of everything, in her own peaceful way of life in a small abode. As a young toddler, I don't remember it vividly, but I can still feel the emotion and the magnitude of the moment when I reminisce over photos, and I can still feel it when I visit her today, much older but still young and loving all the same.


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