Yes, grandma!
I am awake, go on…
Lucky are they
who have seen grandma,
luckier still
who got stuck to her
to hear stories of witches and ghosts,
and lovelier ones, too,
of Red Riding Hood and Piped Piper…
A home short of her wrinkled forehead
is like without butter a piece of dry bread,
a blank paper not scribbled by a baby,
without dots, lines, cartoons and stories,
good for the trash can with no queries
A pond is incomplete
without a lotus,
will a night sky be complete
without a moon and million stars,
the heart too is incomplete
without the ripples of love,
and the home is incomplete
without giggling kids
and grandma’s treasure-trove!