Everyday I get up
And breathe.
In and out,
Out and in.
I breathe.
I work.
I struggle.
I live.
And all I do,
I do for you.
Mi familia.
Mi gente.
Mi Corazon.
Para mis antepasados,
For those who came before me
But never left me
Cuz their sangre runs through me,
In each beat,
After beat,
After beat.
The rhythm of my soul
sways freely
because la fuerza of a movement that never died
propels me.
Forward.
You are the true pillars of la tierra
Bronze tinted souls
Pushed back
And birthed generations
Of fighters
and you lift us up,
on the backs of your triumphs.
All I do,
I do for you.
Because when I show you love,
I engage in self-love.
And through you,
I’ve inherited more than trauma,
But knowledge, resilience, amor, and resistance.
Greater than destiny,
We are your manifestation.
I
am your manifestation.
And all I do,
I do for you.
I live,
In the name of you.
And when I feel like I can’t go on,
I endure
Because I invoke you.
And I hear you in my dreams
Whispering me awake,
Adelante, mija, adelante.