CANT BUT HOLD ON

Somehow a year’s gone bya lot has happened and a lot has changed
Despite that some things will stay the same
And that’s us wishing you decided to stay

You’ve made a journey to a better place
Unlike the many you made while here
The countries you’ve been to
The lives you’ve touched
Define a legacy we’ve etched in our hearts

Its easy to say you’ve gone to a better place
But while you were here, this was a better place
They say you never really know what you’ve got till its gone
But I know that you loved me
And I love you too

Even as a boy, when I was so small
Avva would carry me and I’d feel very tall
I know my cousins will agree
That when Avva was around there was never a frown

And as I grew older
Avva became even cooler
She saw my pierced ear
And said the stud should’ve been bigger!

She changed with the times
And I’m always proud to call her mine

You’re definitely the best
Compared to a lot of the rest
Words just aren’t enough
To describe that special love
That I find hard to find anywhere else



The warm smile
With the shiny gold tooth
The wide open arms
That also served the very best food
The listening ear
That was always available
The legacy, left behind by a legend

It’d be nice to have you for awhile longer
But, alas, some good things come to an end
I thank God for being able to call you my Grandma
And from your place of perfect bliss
If you heard all of this
I’d like to say I love you, Avva
We all do.


-ANAND A DANIEL

its been one year..and i still miss my grandmother so much. and i still wish she's here with me now. i read the a/m poem at the memorial service at my unclee's house and had to pause abt 3 times to compose myself. dammit even before i started reading the poem i almost started crying.sigh*