Land cut into pieces, nations built by blood, flags to assign an identity to your skin color, your language-- what flag can represent someone with two broken languages that never belonged to me, that I hate, but must use? We were broken by colonizers, scattered across mountains, deserts and valleys, sometimes known to our feet, others unknown to our souls I could never hate the land on any side of man-made borders, I represent no flag I represent no nation only got love for the lands that birthed warriors, who never gave up the fight.
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As a reluctant gardener, it took Jesus Cortez years to accept his place in the United States. He is also an award-winning poet, writer, and photographer. Not too long ago he was an activist and scholar.
(From TRYST)