I Remember Poem by v.m.saraswathy munuswamy

Basking in the marina beach
Enjoying corn and candy
The tides wash my little feet
Something haunts me
Yes today is feb 06
My grand pa's first death anniversary

That day a year ago
I remember
I was shopping with my parents
My mom was somewhat
Restless, had sudden breathless feel
Held my little hands
Hugged and kissed
Had something on her mind
Though i looked at her sweating forehead
And felt her pant hing heart

Around 9pm same feb 06 2007
Received a call from unknown number
Mom rushed to attend but it stopped to ring
After some time
When we hit the bed around 9.30
Again it rang
I remember, my mom's face almost pale in the darkness too
My father heard a message that
My grandfather is no more

Few minutes my mom was speechless
Suddenly burs ted into uncontrollable tears
Though i realized something fishy
With shivering hands and legs
I touched my mom saying iam sleepy
My mom uttered our grandpa slept once for all
I asked wont he wake up again
Unable to answer my queries
Mom said

This is life dear
We enter this world by crying
Making our dear ones smiling
We leave this world with a smile
Leaving others crying
Though i dint understand my mom's philosophy
Immediately i asked
Mom do we need to cry now than sleeping
I remember how silly i was
But true i didn't cry
i didn't cry on that day
while people around were crying
i was dancing for the funeral beats
may be my grand pa wants me
to give send off to him
in a happy manner rather crying