Where I Am From - Inspire Others To Love Where They Are From
I am from Spices
From paintings and pictures
I am from the blissful hospitality
(welcoming, adaptable,
It was a pleasure)
I am from the Jimenoa waterfall
The rich, bright Guinep
Surrounded by their hospitable leaves
As if i were by my people
I’m from curls and rich skin,
From Edgar and Francisca
I’m from the “La bendicion”
And the “Con Dioses”
I’m from Come help! And Forget it!
I’m from Albert’s philosophical science
With such open mindedness
And principles I can recite
I’m from Santo Domingo in La Española,
Emerald caña and fried plantains.
From the loss of my mother’s childhood
to buckets of water,
The path my father was forced to follow
In the living room was a box
holding moving pictures,
a marvel of memories
lingering in my sleep.
I am from the water--
breeding diverse fruit--
An elixir to induce life.