Grandma's Latest Gift

Lola had been in Heaven for six years now. I barely felt it. She was always there and I knew it. Last Sunday, I turned nineteen. She gave me the best gift she could ever give....her poetry. Life in the 1930s and the 1940s seemed really interesting. I would like to share to the rest of the world what my Lola shared with me. The following is just one of the many poems we found. Enjoy!

Carry defeat
With a conquering air,
Lest passers pity,
Lest strangers stare.

Shelter sorrow
In shimmering pride,
Lest friend deplore
Lest foe deride.

But weep, weep well
When you’re all alone,
Lest you heart congeal
To a small, cold stone.

-Narcisa Hernandez-Gan
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Come and take my heart, o noble cupid,
Whose arrow had pierced so deep,
A wound so madly, sadly gaping,
In the midst of the laughing feet.

Come and bring with Thee your ethereal balm,
So by Thy pulling I will not scream,
And moan from such a ghastly, ignoble wound,
That I may wake up between my dream.

If I could live without a heart in me
I will prefer to go with thee.
So in your ventures I can feel
The happiness and joys you pile in them.

If I could love without a heart,
If I could feel without my senses
If I could see without my eyes
Then all of myself I give to thine.

If you can’t take my heart
Please touch it with your arrow no more
While to him I’ll find my dress,
And be a servant forevermore.

-Narcisa Hernandez-Gan
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Love to me is wonderful,
It caused my life to be fruitful,
My life’s inspired when I’m in love
And I find heaven above.

I confess my heart’s command,
To be with you in every time,
I’ll never change, I’ll never leave,
Till death do us part.

I wonder why I’m so in love
In love alone with you, my love,
Let’s make and share it heavenly,
Where us can live so happily.

This is my first love I knew
You don’t love me as I do,
Oh! Lord! I pray please hear my plea
Let my love one be faithful to me.

-Narcisa Hernandez-Gan
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