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Letter to Grandma

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Fragments of moons past
sketch silhouettes of
a scenery divine.
A daytime reverie.
Fond memory.
A granddaughter missing you.

Do you recall, grandma?
Long ago, a grandbaby born
into an era of bitter lack,
that enriched by your presence,
comforting embrace,
renewed to an age of precious worth?

Do you suffer, grandma?
Parted by spanning seas,
my tears diffuse beneath the rain.
Had I a wish and a dove I became,
my wings would span,
sealing the distance between us.

Do you remember me, grandma?
Though the crook of time
has stolen your sight,
stripped your mind,
blunted your strength,
with a heavy heart
I still see you as before-
with beauty so simple,
love so pure
to inspire
a nightingale’s lament.

So fear not the season’s change, grandma,
nor the graying sun,
the silvering stream-
as at the end of the road
will glisten a rainbow,
and the mists of tomorrow
will clear away your fog.

And then I will again be your grandbaby.

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Phoebe Chi, MD
Phoebe Chi, MD

As a physician educator and the managing editor of Health + Inspiration, Dr. Chi aims to inform, empower, and inspire the reader community. She is the author of Being Empowered for a Healthy Heart: A personal guide to taking control of your health while living with chronic conditions, a poetry-infused health guide, and founder of Pendants for a Cause, a nonprofit organization with the purpose of raising funds to fight illness, provide care, and bring awareness to medically vulnerable populations around the world.

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  3. So beautifully written. I have written poems about my grandparents too. They remain so special to me. It still felt strange this Christmas not to be sending them Christmas cards and photos of the kids and I felt a bit lost. Your poem really honours that relationship children have with their grandparents. Thankyou
    xx Rowena

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    • Thank you for your kind words, Rowena. Grandparents sure are special people, and it’s sad that they can not always be with us. But fortunately, even when they are not, we still have them in our precious memories. 🙂 Much blessings, Phoebe

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  5. My grandfather was not of blood, but of marriage, after my maternal grandfather died two months before I was introduced. He married Gommy when I was a tweener.

    Pop Sprinkle amply filled the lack of men in my life — my dad always busy working, and me the older brother, junior to two hawkish sisters.

    At one point, he was the oldest-living practicing attorney in the state of North Carolina.

    When he died, so did I. The drive from the hospital that night was miserable.

    But, in thought and in other ways, Pop lives on. As I am sure those in your life will also.

    Very nicely penned.

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