Beauty, Fully Made

By: Abe Sierra Jr.

 

 

We are beautifully made

 

Our veins

Roots that connect to an ancestry of ache

Yet a heritage of hope

Our lungs

Although polluted by this pilgrimage through life

Still produce enough breath to share

With those who cannot breathe on their own

Our eyes are windows

Windows facing toward a future hope

These words

Words barely spoken on our side of the tracks

Keep reciting them

Until they become our heart’s favorite song

Today tomorrow and all the days after

 

These words...

...Speak them to the mirror:

 

We are beauty, fully made.

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