I Am Poem

Hannah Herrera

I Am Poem

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I am Hannah Marie Herrera

I am Hannah Marie Herrera

I am from the mists of eternity and the divine spirit of creation

I am from a line of wise men and courageous women

I am from as far as Romania and as close as Pecos New Mexico

I am Hannah Marie Herrera

I remember green chili in the morning, afternoon, and night

I remember long talks with family in the evening beneath a New Mexico sunset

I remember the hot springs of Montezuma and the hikes of Gallenas Canyon

I remember walking along the street of Santa Fe, New Mexico

Losing myself in the architecture and culture of hundreds of years ago

I wonder if I will ever love a land the way I love my home land-

New Mexico

I hyear my culture always calling me home to the place that I love

I see my grandparetns in their small Pecos home

I see adobe, cactus, and arroyos

I want to be small again, running along the acres of land that made up my backyard

I pretend that I am there in childhood again, yound and naive

I feel as though time has slipped like sand through my fingers

I desperately grasp at what has molded my soul, but the sand continues to fall

I touch the memories fondly in dreams, recalling the many precious moments

I worry that one day all these things will slip through my fingers completely

I am still that child, though this body continues to grow old

I understand why someone would die for their land, their culture, their family

I say I will someday leave this place, but it will forever enchant me

I dream that one day I will be one of the strong women taht make up my family

That one day those that come after me will remember that

I am part of where they come from

I am Hannah Marie Herrera


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