A Prayer to María

Who do you pray to at night?

Do you bow to Pachamama in the morning?

Thank her for the harvest that is your growth

Call your abuelita to receive her bendiciones 

“Madrecita, protege a mi bebé,

La llamaré María en tu honor”

You are all that is holy

La Virgencita blessed you, not just by name

Created you in her image

Grants you breath and a rhythm that matches Yacumama

When the river that made you floods, your abuelita scolds tú mamá

“Es porque le dejas ser gay”

Una yanasita deshonrada

How could La Virgencita be wrong?

When she sacrificed her heart in a dying son

“There is a reason a daughter is more painful”

Mamá Edith rests in the valley

Her spirit on the mountain

María Pero No Santa

You are a holy woman

Capable of loving and being loved

Capable of amor profundo y eterno

So why does the river drown you?

Why is there silence in your name?

It is eternal and holy between your legs

Pero más profundo es tu corazón


-m.s.


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