Things I Left Unsaid

To Granny

Daffodils

Lipstick

And detergent

That's what you smelled like.

Amo

That's what I feel towards you.

From vulnerability to strength, you've raised me up

you held me hand and told me not to interrupt

My own heart's yearning and dreams

You told me to chase what I desired the most with haste

You told me that it does not matter what the world sees

For you see who you truly are and what you truly please

you lent me your strength as I over came my battles

The heartache

The pain

And the hurt

And whatever else that came with it

You taught me that the two sides of the same coin had different faces

That the heart sung a different tune for the world and for your heart to chase

So I sought out the place

That I dearly coveted for myself

There I did not find gold, music, or wealth

There I found love

Love that was lent to me, so long ago

When you, my dear granny had decided to forgo

Living her life

Just to begin mine.

I found myself in your arms

Listening to you hum a lullaby as you caressed my hair, soothing out all alarms

Here in this heaven of warmth, you cocooned me with love

And coerced me to build a legacy for myself.

You forged my will of steel and sharpened my blade of knowledge

so I thank you for

Never stopping

Never ceasing

Never halting

Never dismissing me

Because never will I

Forget that you are my one and only,

Dearest Granny 

and if by change you ever read this, salamat sa lahat ng pagmamahal na ibinigay mo saakin. mahal na mahal kita. 

                                                 sincerely yours, Mia x