Verdad

Las Madres de Plaza de Mayo was a movement in Argentina during the years of 1976 and 1983 (Becker, 288). During the time of the Argentine “Dirty War,” many children were taken from their families by the military (Becker, 288). These boys and girls came from families of “rebels,” and were given to families in support of the war (Becker, 288). Mothers endlessly searched for their children with no luck. They became frustrated and upset at their country for hurting them so badly. Finally, on April…

For the majority of people around the world, our imagination is something we use as a tool to escape daily life. A way to rejuvenate our souls, a quick passage to a world away from any problems we may have, yet most importantly it is a way to remind us that what is real, is in fact real. In Miguel de Cervantes’ novel ‘El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha’, the main protagonist Don Quijote has trouble separating what is real to what is only in his imagination. Throughout the novel, Don…

Like Mother, Like Daughter I am sitting on a wet bench. Of course, it would occur to me to go to a park right after the rain, all alone while the rays of the sun start to reappear making the park, which looked so dull and empty upon arriving, look full of life and color. Its warmth grows this sensation within me as if everything will be okay. How is this possible? I walked myself into this park with an emotion that pressed against my chest; it feels as if a thick liquid was replacing my…

SoClose With a hand that is not dark enough to be Mexicana but not light enough to be American, I am reaching over the fence for a country that is not mine and no longer considers me it’s I have two tongues, forked, like the serpent Quetzalcoatl, Earliest European depiction found on a wooden slab, a “stela” I am climbing, reaching, searching, for something that may or may not be mine Pero voy, because my memories are older than me, And so is this fence Pero Que Mas? Just like Cherrie…

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PART – II Poems, aphorisms & meanderings Table of contents 1) Life shaping prayer 2) healthy, wealthy, and other than wise 3) who knows the man in the box 4) truth 5) ego-sin-trick 6) I’s jus b’tween positions 7) screaming whispers 8) one god, one church, one congregations 9) it’s time 10) ode to youth 11) the last human hurdle 12) suenos 13) dreams 14) nigger please! 15) the Haitian lament 16) where do they go LIFE SHAPING PRAYER LORD…GRANT ME THE HUMILITY TO ACCEPT THE…