I

 

My grandmother was shaken

When my grandfather passed.

I went to visit her in Lebanon.

The first thing I noticed when I saw her

Was the way her eyes looked.

The way her eyes had changed.

The colour had altered to 

A swirl of mostly grey with few spots of brown.

The light that used to reflect

In her irises vanished.

The life that used to play around

In those big beautiful eyes disappeared.

And all she did 

Was sit

And stare

In silence,

Thinking about the man

That swept her off her feet.

It Was Like Staring Straight At A Mirror

When my grandfather passed,

My grandmother was silent for days.

Wouldn’t say a word,

Wouldn’t shed a tear,

Wouldn’t move a single bone.

She was motionless

And speechless.

The first words she said 

When she came out of the shell

She was put into from the shock were

He was my everything,

And I was his everything.

I should’ve left before him.

- Like Grandmother Like Granddaughter

 

II

 

Imagine a world where

Leaves stayed on the trees in winter,

Animals never hibernated,

Fishermen never fished,

The sun shining everyday,

And everytime you look up

There’s a rainbow above your head.

The image that is in your mind now

Is what it felt like in your arms.

- Heaven