Mercy Tolentino Steenwyk

“Remembering yesterday
Floods my eyes with tears
Their faces warm my heart
At first, then slowly lift me up
With screams of joy, my children
Are home to roost for a moment
For a day, no matter. They came
When the chaos in my heart
Has started to shudder the roots
And beginnings of long ago
I hold their faces to guide me by
Frame my days, my time
With their laughter woven
from all the rays of the sun
That lit my way.”