I help care for my Nanna. 
My father and uncle hold her 
as my mother and I clean her. 
 
She sits and cries, 
 
“You should not see this, Marisa.”
 
“I’m happy to be here Nanna. I need to be.”
 
“I want to kiss you.”
 
I lean in, place 
my forehead against her lips. 
We sit like this for a moment.
 
The quiet is treasure,
just as she’s called me her’s
all my life.
And just like that, 
the moment flees. 
 
The chaos begins again.
Love in its many forms. 
Suffering, too.