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