Nanay Mariquita

Authors

  • Steneli D. Oraya National University Polyclinics Singapore Author

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Poem

Abstract

This poem, written in Cebuano, is a painful but honest and intimate confession of a granddaughter’s love to her late grandmother. A love so deep that, as grandchildren being left in this world by our beloved grandparents, we take time to look above into the vastness of the skies imagining that they are there watching over us, guiding us throughout this circle of life. A love so symbolic of purity and pain, depth and suffering, and this constant tug of holding on and letting go. A love so symbolic of permanence etched in our minds, memory, and being. A love so persevering and enduring, that despite the hurt from loss, we carry on.

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Author Biography

  • Steneli D. Oraya, National University Polyclinics Singapore

    Steneli D. Oraya is mother, daughter, wife, and a healthcare worker. She is from Biliran Island in the Philippines but is currently living in Singapore with her family. Her strong emotions driven by life’s experiences, at times hard and painful, are her vehicle to write poems of depth and meaning.

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Published

2025-08-28

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2025): Lusong ug Alho

Section

Poetry

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How to Cite

Nanay Mariquita. (2025). Simbolismo: Signs, Identities, Meanings, 1(1), 66-69. https://simbolismo.org/index.php/ssim/article/view/43