Memories of Meena

Memories of Meena

Dark curls bounce in abandoned joy as she
Ran to greet me, crying “Gran, my gran!”
Excited to see me as if
Forever passed since a hug.
Now too many years have,
Too many tears flowed
With her away.
Please come home,
Meena
Love.


Countdown poetry form has fifty-five syllables (ten lines), starting with ten syllables in the first line. The number of syllables is reduced by one until the last line has one syllable.