<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=553046" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>For My Gran (Vovo Lucia)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Once upon a time<br>A beautiful woman<br>travelling over many seas<br>exotic and mysterious<br>strong and willful<br>came to stay in a land far away<br>She lived a full life<br>Passionate and determined<br>she made her way<br>became a mother<br>a grandmother<br>a matriarch<br>but still the sea beckoned<br>and back she went<br>to Portugal<br>the land of her birth<br>her roots<br>She had lost plenty<br>her husband, her son<br>and everyone said<br>her new life's begun<br>and in the Winter of her fears<br>a lifetime of over ninety years<br>she could not stop the tears<br>She fell silent on a Summer's day<br>Over the seas and far away<br>to another world<br>a heavenly place<br>where once again she would smile<br>the smile of a young woman<br>in the arms of the angels<br>who would greet her<br>at the pearly gates<br>her husband, her son<br>everyone<br>Her last breath a gentle sigh<br>and on her mouth she wore a smile</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Chantelle+Ribeiro">Chantelle Ribeiro</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=553046" data-title="For My Gran (Vovo Lucia) de Chantelle Ribeiro" data-description="Once upon a time A beautiful woman travelling over many seas exotic and mysterious strong and willful came to stay in a land far away She lived a full life Passionate and determined she made her way became a mother a grandmother a matriarch but st..."></div> </div> </div>

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