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Resilience

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Resilience

by Fernanda Chima



To the North with the iced head: egotistical, explosive.


I was born in the navel of the moon. (1)


To the South with feet afired: hurried and thorny.



I was born from Mother Earth and Father Rain.


They gave me hands to work, skin to feel and wings to soar.


Their freedom for a gateway. From the nest of crime, a spell.



A compass, passed down, led me East and West.


My sandals got broken, my backpack stolen.


Yet every time I tempt to leave all behind, the wind


whispers:


Resist.



 


Resiliencia

por Fernanda Chima



Collindando al Norte con la cabeza helada: ególatra, explosiva


Yo nací del ombligo de la Luna. (1)


Las fronteras al Sur con pies en llamas: presurosos y espinosos.



Nací de Madre Tierra y de Padre Tláloc.


Me hicieron manos para trabajar, piel para sentir y alas para despegar.


Su libertad por una oportunidad. Del crimen, un hechizo protector.




La brújula de mis antepasados, me guío al Este y al Oeste.


Se rompieron mis huaraches, se robaron mi morral.


Pero cuando quiero abandonar, el viento siempre


susurrra:


Resiste.

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