Enjoy another wonderful poem by Jennifer Romas, who captures a moment with her Grandma that she’ll never forget. Jennifer helps us understand that there are many stories in a loved one’s life we know nothing about. THANK YOU, JENNIFER!
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Female Taxi Driver
“I’ve never had a female taxi driver before,”
Says my Grandma, so I play along.
Grandad can’t cope anymore
she keeps trying to abscond.
We pass the sleeping homes
and blink off strong headlights.
I worry if the child locks
on the doors are working right.
“I’m a mother now,
yes, there are three.”
She’s remembering a time
much earlier than me.
Then “he’s cheating on me!” she cries,
remembering heartache from long ago.
“He’s been seeing the neighbour
but he doesn’t think I know.”
“You can’t trust a man that’s breathing.”
Poor grandad, he never would.
But your mind is back in your twenties
when another man had and could.
I try to orientate you
to date and to time
but you’re crying about a heartache
whilst I’m driving home mine.
And our last conversation,
sharing heartbreak in the car.
“You know, I know I love you,
I just don’t know who you are.”
Written By:
Jennifer Ramos lost her Grandma to Alzheimer’s in 2022. Her poem captures one of their last conversations, which took place in Jennifer’s car, where her Grandma was reliving a bad relationship. It made Jennifer realise she only knew her Grandma as a Grandma and not as a woman, and that she had run out of time to ask her questions.
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