My heaven

My  heaven

 

By

Raja Thath

 

My  grand children one day asked,

Granpa  , granpa  where  is heaven,

Though  they  were  not before me ,

But  from  online   in several  places.

 

I told them  , my  heaven indeed

Is my computer   room  ,

Where I see  before  me ,

Most  of the  things  that  I love.

Then all  shouted  together  from afar,

Hey granpa  , do tell  us  quick,

What  all  the  things  you  love .

I grinned   and told  them  , It is you all

 

They murmured, but we  are  not there,

Then Granpa   started  telling  them,

“My last  grand son  , long back ,

Requested Santa  to give me a cup”

 

“I  have  it before  me and my  last,

Grand daughter  , brought  a flower vase,

Full of pretty  paper   flowers,

And  told me  , Granpa see  them when I am not there”

 

My  first grand  son  once  gave  me  a teddy bear,

Hugging an “R”  and I asked  him for what,

He said, my name  , my dad’s name and your name,

Start  with an R., and you will remember  this last  R when I am afar

 

My first   grand  daughter  gave me  a doll,

Which has  a laugh  in its face  with chubby cheeks

And said “Granpa, you are always   sad , and I want you

To be happy  like  this doll  , when distance  parts us

 

These  presents  , oh my  little  little  darlings

I keep them before  me  in my  room

And  when   I feel  little  grumpy sad,

I see  them  again and again  and I smile

 

Then   those  darlings  asked  me  ,

“Oh That’s  all  granpa and I said,

No little ones ,  in addition  ,

I am surrounded  by  all  of you

 

Along with your  parents  , laughing at me ,

And shouting in chorus  ,  Hey  papa,

Hey granpa  cheerup  for if you do not

Wherever  we  are ,  we  will be sad

 

Granpa brushed  away  the little  tears in his eye,

And said  from now  on , every  second  of my life,

I would not be sad  , morose and  longing ,

To see each of you , for you are  all here.