Remembering Nanay

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Remembering Nanay

By Paul McCann

I remember the way she smiled that made everything feel all right

and the way she would disappear when I was in her line of sight .

Our  brief conversations in English said so much in just a word,

love you she would say and I would answer her back to what I heard.

She often laughed as she spoke in Tagalog which made me feel good

and I loved the way she never asked to give you some of her food .

She always made sure I had enough rosaries and those I have kept,

and I still remember the last words she said to me , Jesus wept  ,

the I do miss her but life goes on for us all who are left behind .

the grief in suffering is having someone that we cannot find    

and I miss her but life goes on for us all who are left behind .

Thinking of those we loved who have gone , is a heavy cross to bear   

I love you Nanay and remember always the person you were ..