Tanvi Jeph mourns the passing of her grandmother

PHOTO He looked at her again and again Filled with tears and despair Yet his eyes glimmered with love He was scared that a tear might fall He looked down, holding them back Caressing her through the picture A crinkled, dry photo in his hands It was black and white Still, it seemed colourful It was a photo of two people Looking at each other Holding books in their hands They seemed young but lovers Wearing sunglasses Smiling at each other The lady whom he secretly admired And a man she truly loved They were real love birds Spent fifty-two years together But one bird flew away, to heaven, While other still sits alone, waiting
Tanvi Jeph is a high school sophomore who enjoys writing poetry and riding bicycles. She also has her own organization, The Dried Review, which she founded in April 2022
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