Terima Kasih, Ma'am ( thank you, ma'am )

dedicated to Datu Rasammah Bhupalan of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

I stared closely to a picture I was holding
seeing those eyes that were full of sympathy
those lips seemed like they had said
a thousand words that can ease a worry;
those wrinkled yet strong hands
may have touched the weary
they may have pulled those that are buried
in the depth of a great poverty.

I never have seen you personally or even heard your voice
but I heard a lot about you from miles away
my sister-in-law never missed to say your name
and your kindness in her phone calls;
she shared how you have been grateful
by sharing your blessings to God's people
you lend your ears to anybody in need
to better hear their longing call.

Though my mother-in-law and I were seas away from you
yet your helping hands have reached us
you filled a space in our life when you gave us comfort
and this has painted a smile on our faces;
I'd like to thank you for all the help and blessings
that you have showered upon us
I wish the day would come that I can thank you personally
that you can see the gratefulness in my eyes.

Thank you would never be enough
so I just made this poem to touch your heart
I hope this would paint a smile on your lips,too
as you have painted much on ours.

Terima kasih, Ma'am..

Reviews

[Dhaye]

Nicely done! I admire people who are grateful of any good deed done by others.
Keep shining!

[C.E.Grey]

Very good. A beautiful picture, you can feel the gratitude you have for this woman.
On a grammatical note,
you don't capitalize the I's unless it is at the beginning of the stanza, now this is not strictly necessary but capitalizing them would be grammatically correct;
in the first line ofthe second stanza 'hear' would read better if you changed it to 'heard';
in 'God's' and 'I'd' you use a comma when it should be an apostrophe;
in the first line of the third stanza you say 'I and my mother-in-law' it would sound better if you switched it to 'my mother-in-law and I';
also try and keep your words in the same tense.
Good work :)