A TRAVEZ DE MANO A MANO
By Mayra Cardoza
My hand on top of your hand On top of my hand
La mano de mi mama
On top of her hand
La mano de su mamá
Generation on top of generation Lesson on top of lesson
Which leaves us
Ascending
Unburdening
Strengthening
The fibers
The blood line
That run through us
Like a rope
Intertwined
Together
Ancestral wisdom
That is the solidity
Underneath our feet
As well as divinity
Medicinal
Touch
Within our fingertips
“You are not alone they say”
A thousand echoes of women Behind the figure that is
My Mother
Her Mother
Myself.
