Ofrendas

Ofrenda

Mujer

I am the daughter of the 5th Sun

Looking for the promised one

Ven a mi

I am the everlasting

weeping willow tree

resembling your abuela

bearing infinite rings

of wisdom

Escucha me

I am the mother of the earth

Nourishing

Replenishing the hole

Tu madre

A brisk breeze

Before the storm

A carefree dance

Needing no form

Tu amiga

A mountain peak overlooked

because of its enormity

The solid ground

You can fall on

Tu hermana

I am as loyal as the sunrise

Always by your side

Waiting for you

To recognize

The beauty

Of my ways

Una mujer

Dolores and her daughter, Mia Adela, named after her Abuelita.

La Trenza De Mi Abuelita

En mi proxima vida

Yo quiero regrasar

Como la trenza de mi abuelita

Brillosa y una mezcla

De gris, negro y blanco

She jokingly said

she always kept the length

To reach

the center of heart

Oh, how I longed

To brush her hair

And braid it too

But it was

Always

Vice-versa

Mija

Esta

Trenza

Es

Sagrada

Tu pelo

Es gruezo

Y fuerte

Como

Tu

Lleva tu historia

Las enseñanzas

Y todo lo que vivieron

nuestros antepasados

Lo que estas viviendo horita

Y la sabiduría que

 El tiempo y los años

Te va a dar

Y las canas

Son un

Regalo

Aunque muchos

No lo entiendan

I am always

Transported

To another dimension

When I braid my hair

It is like

 I am coming

Home

Knowing the

Wisdom

I weave

With every strand

Making it whole

Para mi

Para mi comunidad

Para la proxima generacion

And when my days

Are no more

I will come back

To be a strand

In Adela’s braid

And have

Canelita

Todas las mañanas

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