Tears wash over me like the water that drowned so many dreams
Guilt, a flood that crashes like that of the waves that made new streams where there were none
Depression that hits suddenly, but at the same time slowly crept into the deepest parts of you
Useless for the people you feel an indescribable connection to
Land and people you love and respect, continually battered, stolen, auctioned off, betrayed, and abused
Foreigners play toy, thrown away, until it’s pretty again
Corazon roto, triste, por no poder ayudar mas de lo que puede
Alma, Alma, Alma! Que pertenece a Dios y un hogar fuera de ti misma
Una tierra sagrada para ti
Pena, de no estar ahi, por no aportar fisicamente
Lagrimas inútil, lagrimas de pena, lagrimas para lo que vez desde las pantallas
Tierra que pertenece a los Puertorriqueños y a nadie mas
Luchar y luchar y otra vez luchar, ese es tu propósito, la meta que no se va
Arrastro con tus casas, cosas, tierra, familia, negocios, fincas, pero no con tu alma de guerrero, y de jíbaro
No con el alma de nuestros descendientes, no con el corazón Boricua, no con la frente pa arriba, y las manos puesta pa trabajar
No te quites nunca, porque así los quieren, afuera!
Tears wash over me of sadness, of a pain no longer a stranger to your people, to accompany the ones they already knew
Separation so far, yet just a few hours away
Separation of lives, of people that feel like family
Whose accents make you smile
Who comforts you in the way you’re greeted
Whose realness makes you laugh of embarrassment
Whose bodies have been tested on
Taken to wars
Who paved the way for others
Laughter, song, and dance, an accompaniment to the knee-high waters
Because they are masters of survival
You can’t kill them, their descendants are too many, too far spread, and too engrained in a country by force
Tears, lagrimas que se van poco a poco porque tu puedes, Boricua que me lees
Y lo haras una uno y otra vez si es necesario
Tears that will again be of joy, of landing in your soul’s comfort place
Your heart’s home, when you’re no longer so far away
What do you think?