Tuesday 19 July 2022

Will the memories ever fade?

 

An ouevre to my Aunt 'Janaki' – The shining star of AVR

 

Boisterous chatter and raucous laughter

Infectious banter on occasions that have become few

Haunt the memories of all and sundry

For they all remind us of you

 

Natural wit and instant humor

Many a card game, will never be the same

They all seem sudden and artificial

For they ring only your name

 

The truth makes us livid, but the imagery very vivid

When you broke into song and dance

If time would ever reverse itself

Wouldn’t we leap at that chance?

 

In weddings and functions, picnics and parties

Tedium creeps and monotonousness seeps

A feature that was unheard of in AVR land

The faces fake smiles, but the heart eternally weeps

 

When clouds rolled up into one nebulous mass

A sparkle of color would hover into view

Beauty of the 70’s and aunt of all aunties

Nothing could be more true

 

Boys and Girls, Uncles and Aunts

Cousins and aged seniors drawing pension

You were the dazzle of shining light to one and all

That cut through the fog of familial tension

 

You left us in starkness, enveloped by darkness

The world paused its spin, six years to this day

But in spirit and soul, you are very much in our midst

The memories are green and never fade away

 

 

 

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Will the memories ever fade?

  An ouevre to my Aunt 'Janaki' – The shining star of AVR   Boisterous chatter and raucous laughter Infectious banter on occ...