Letters to Veronica

You are complete
Yu are powerful
You are kind

You are love and lovable
You are cracks and wonders
You are beauty as you are

You are passion and insight
You are dreams and sweat
You are possibilities

You are pain and darkness
turned light

Tu eres las mujeres que vinieron antes de ti
y las que vendrán

Tu eres los hilos de las historias
Of your story

You are the strength of the threads in tension
and the relief of the next page
You are the brief moments of love
in a lifetime of fighting and pain


You are the welder that outgrows brief moments into days
hours, and years of light

You may not believe it now
But I promise you

I am living proof of that

You are not the reflection coming at you from the mirrors of this world
You are the bright lights that you meet when you close your eyes

You are the full, shinny moon above you and the soil caress your feet
You are the loving gaze of the souls around you and within you

You are
You are

You are the tears dried up in your cheeks as I write this poem
You are my loving gaze telling you not to worry
The pain will go away
You will push it away
You will
You did

You are