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Reminisce

Soothing and silent I stared around

My mind opens a panorama
As I close my eyes and search the ground

Look upwards there’s Nanna

Sitting on a chair, a girl on her lap
Playing around with a tiny coconut sap

“can you do this too” she whispers
Amazed, amused and awed “never…wow”

Quiet laughter, slow and queer
As they both sit and ponder the tiny plant
Time relentlessly runs the race,
Dark clouds leak Like toxic gas escapes

Time to go my love
As they slowly walk away
Open my blurred eyes
And stare up in dismay

- Navya Dayapathy