Resonate with tingling
emotions
Silence-breaking
laughter
Mingles with swelling
tears
Jokingly you
say
For almost a full
day
From the face of planet
Earth
You and Mom will be
missing
You are
right
If our sphere of concern
Is limited to the land and
sea
Ten thousand meters under
you feet
Let's enumerate the 283
days
Our reunion is indeed
transient
But shall we
say
The separation is only
temporary?
A land you longed
for
Finally embraced
you
Only to see you
off
Disappearing from the
horizon
At father's death
bed
I was charged to care for
you
Your marriage and
career
Both had I surely
failed
But you struggled
well
To gain a footing of your
own
A family you love
dearly
A job you care
about
If not for that much weight
loss (your adjustment)
If not for the painful
separation (your nostalgia)
If not for Mom's sickness
(your love)
If not for America's gloomy
sky (your dream)
But that would not be
you
Courage
unbent
Determination
unshakable
Faith
unyielding
Let the INS
deliberate
In your
disinterest
Let the INS
summon
Without Mom's
beckoning
Hope you are riding
on
The eagle's
wings
Under the shadow
of
the Almighty's
palm
Standing firm amid the
torrent
Of this passing
world
Until caught up in the
Rapture
On the Day of His
return
Shall we all
then
Be really missing
from
The world
below
And be reunited above the
cloud
March 27,
2001