The glow of an Angel

Your daughter's 

child

Is a link 

I see

With the cheeks

that we all share

And perhaps 

a 

glimmer 

of 

you

Sometimes I wonder if

It's shapes in clouds

That I see

Or is it something 

beyond DNA

That makes a child look

Like a grandmother 

she's never seen

Yet whose presence 

Is imprinted into her being

I remember 

how much my Pappa 

loved you

And called you Angel

Perhaps it is you then

Whose star light shines

Through Swara's smile

(In memory of my aunt, Anjala Karnad-Dhume)

(C) 2014