A Light Glimpse Of My Name

With my present name Carmen Herrera Uy,
I can hide in the name no "L" or Noel
Or can say I live in ill-I-no-I-s or Illinois
With 4 "r" to my name, I can be Eve with 4 faces
For "R" is my mother's middle initials till death
Resting now with my father and brother's grave

We were all ten in the family when all were living
Five brothers and two sisters I came to be with
All good looking and intelligent in their own way
Finding themselves in our parent's care
We were supposed to be ten siblings in all
Two elder sisters both dying at the age of three

Now only six of us are remaining
"6" like a fetus on a mother's womb
Born in 1946, like Sarah pregnant at old age
Like a larvae coiled up in a cocoon
My wards all impatient to fly to the bloom
A bear awakened from hibernation

Virgin to one man and having born a son
Who has flown from the eagle's nest to soar
Being a surrogate father of many
Though with only one kid he needs to support
After sharing the first bread of life he learned to share
For his name was called before being conceived

Art is the name of my better-half
I gained the name Menchie at my first job
Archie comes from the first two letters of Art
Last four letters of a name that pierced my heart
With the first letter "U" like a cup
With "Y" beneath holding it up

Like a why when we don't know the answer
As Jesus' last words to His Father above
Speaking for those He came to save
"Father, why have you forsaken me?"
His tormentor's as prodigal son's
Carrying sickles to gain the inheritance

"Veil Of Love" by katha8 on FanStory.com

"Veil Of Love" by katha8 on FanStory.com

After being a bride on June 8, 1974, everything seems to flash before my eyes nearing our ruby anniversary on 2014. I seem to be nearing a tower that was brought to the ground by an earthquake during my maiden years. I remember that I felt the tremors that time but did not bother to be awakened from my slumber in my comfortable bed in Cubao. My mother recounted to me of many Chinese merchants and their family losing their lives in the Ruby Tower devastation in the Binondo area. It never brought me to the ground from my ivory tower built by my parents where I found safety and comfort.

Years passed staying in the ivory tower of the academic world that brought me failures and successes until I finally met a co-worker whom I finally married in my hometown after two years of being steady. He is a Filipino born citizen, in Catbalogan, Samar with both Chinese Mestizo parents and was educated with the Jesuits of Ateneo de Manila. We were blessed with an only son after one year who, luckily is still with us. We stayed with their family, both of us making a living, saving for a house of our own, until we built one on a lot we purchased and was able to transfer to in 1978.

Now that we are not in the best of health all I can pray for is that we will live long enough to be able to share our Ruby Anniversary with our son and friends...if not, be able to accept our journey's end in Jesus' name to hope for a place with the Father in Heaven.