In My Heart Is Where You Are

Dedicated to Grandma

Moments ago mom and dad

Laid me in your arms

A touch with a softness

Born of age

A lingering warmth

Set ablaze with love

Those fleeting moments pass

As the Everlasting comes

And though I cherished every one

As the desert to the rain

It doesn’t seem enough

One more chance to hear your voice

Or smell your sweet perfume

To play one more game of cards

Or feed the squirrels a bit of food

Now I sit with a day between us

Wishing to be near

Clench my fists, shut my eyes

Pray the miles disappear

If I could, I would hold your hand

To give my love and thanks

And share with you my time

A thousand suns I would repay

For a freeing of this strife

And though it will be some time

Till I see the snow white of your hair

Or the spirit of your eyes

This is not a separation

Only a soul’s illumination

The elevation to a higher

Creation

A revelation to a purer

Unification

Of a soul

Our souls

A reverberation

That cannot be stilled

A connection

Eternally filled

This is the essence,

Your essence

That nestles in my heart

And breathes within my soul

There always comes a time

When you must let go

To hold on even tighter

You’re released from the shackles of this world

And for you I’ve one desire

For every tear that’s shed

For every prayer that’s uttered

May it take you ever closer

Ever faster

Ever higher

I love you with the joy

A child loves their blanket

I miss you with the awe

Of the African sunset

And it’s killing me to write this

And not see your gentle face

But in the mysteries of reality

I know you’re never gone

And I’m not so far away

‘Cause I’ll see you in the stars

And the beauty of each day

You’ll be the whisper in the air

In everything I do

This year, my service

I dedicate to you

There’s so little time

To say all I want

Just know my love for you

Lives on

And as my lips capture a smile

At the memories that we share

Please know, my sweet Grandma

I will always hold you dear

So rock out

Be happy

May your wings of grace

Lift you to that highest Paradise

For the Glory of Glories is waiting

To behold your resplendent light

"O Son of the Supreme! I have made death a messenger of joy to thee. Wherefore dost thou grieve? I made the light to shed on thee its splendour. Why dost thou veil thyself therefrom?"

                                                                                                                      ~Bahá'u'lláh