Wendy Tatlonghari Burg

Wendy Tatlonghari Burg is a Filipino-American poet and writer with an M.A. from California State University, Long Beach. She live with her husband and two children in Los Angeles, where she tutors middle school and high school students.

Flight

So that was it; her sister was dying. Riza received the call this morning from her niece in D.C. She was expected to go to Manila. Her daughter Melanie was already there, sleeping on a cot in the hospital room. Riza shut her eyes tight and rubbed her forehead with her fingers. She searched her mind for a reason to stay. What could she tell them?