I am a 27 year old College
Graduate with a BS in Accounting. I can say that I am a very proud
Puerto Rican no matter where I was born!!!! I like to be straight
about everything and everyone and also I am not down for none of
that playing games type of stuff because it is just BABY STUFF...
GAMES ARE FOR LITTLE KIDS...so come to me on some real Sh*t. Sorry
for getting a little ghetto...
Ode to the Diasporican
(pa' mi gente)
Mira a mi cara Puertorriquena
Mi pelo vivo
Mis manos morenas
Mira a mi corazon que se llena de orgullo
Y di me que no soy Boricua.
Some people say that I'm not the real thing
Boricua, that is
cause I wasn't born on the enchanted island
cause I was born on the mainland
north of Spanish Harlem
cause I was born in the Bronx...
some people think that I'm not bonafide
cause my playground was a concrete jungle
cause my Rio Grande de Loiza was the Bronx River
cause my Fajardo was City Island
my Luquillo Orchard Beach
and summer nights were filled with city noises
instead of coquis
and Puerto Rico
was just some paradise
that we only saw in pictures.
What does it mean to live in between
What does it take to realize
that being Boricua
is a state of mind
a state of heart
a state of soul
Mira!
No naci en Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico nacio en mi.
Mira a mi cara Puertorriquena
Mi pelo vivo
Mis manos morenas
Mira a mi corazon que se llena de orgullo
Y di me que no soy Boricua.
Mariposa (a.k.a. Mar a Teresa Fern ndez).
I am also a member of the
National Sorority, which are,
The
Lovely Ladys` of Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority Inc. Beta
Chapter, "The Resurrection", Fall 2000.
SISTERS
So close, yet so far.
Together, yet apart.
We are sisters, body and soul,
Yet we are separate and alone.
Our bodies separated by land,
But nothing separates our hearts.
Even if our eyes cannot meet
We know each other`s thoughts.
Forever sisters we shall be
Connected by something stronger than blood.
Never alone will we be
As long as we have each other.
This Lovely group of Ladys have taught me a lot about myself and
have also taught me that you are not able to trust everyone, that
you must pick your friends wisely, even if they might be a LS or
even a sister of yours.....In addition I would like to send love to
my sisters all over the US and even the ones that are just around
the corner... Always in my heart.....I also would like to send mad
Love to the Brothers of Lambda
Theta Phi, which I keep very dear to my
heart.
Our Deepest Fear
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and
fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure about you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to manifest
the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
By: Marianne Williamson.
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MORE WILL BE UP SOON!!!
