Meeting The Letter Writer for the First Time

My Debutante meets The Letter Writer

It's my honor and pride to meet her in person

I only know her by name

and we happen to have the same.

It's my honor and pride to have her as my guest

and read my open letter 

for my debutante daughter.

The Superwoman We Know

She has been the

SUPERWOMAN

we know

who never fails to keep our

HOME

a place of 

convenience and pleasure.

She never fails to plan, 

prepare and cook

the best meal on our table

Never let the clothes 

dirty and crumpled.

Everything is organized from

ceiling to floor.

Expectation

Image not mine

When you expect 

SOMETHING 

will happen 

and it never did...

There's a reason behind it.

When you expect 

SOMEONE 

will come

and he/she never did...

There's an explanation to it.

Lizzette Aira - A Name That's Uniquely Owned

An instance flashed back before me, 

February of 1994, 

I learned that I was pregnant 

for the second time

after a miscarriage.

I recalled a time when I started 

to write down names like: 

Canisha Yvon, Dana Maureen, Leira Denisse 

but nothing would seem better than this particular name.

It never crossed my mind 

to search the meaning of your name 

ever since you were born 

until I found myself writing this. 

To my surprise, 

the definition describes who and what you really are... 

amiable, 

kind-hearted 

but sensitive and emotional by nature.

Reminiscing With These Old Photographs

My bandaged hands

Looking at this photograph

is a reverie of the past long gone

More than four decades ago

an accident burnt my hands.

I may not remember anything

except for the stories repeatedly told

The scars that are still visible

remind me of the pain so unbearable.