Unafraid

 I am a WOMEN.

I wonder about FREEDOM.

I hear HOPE and see LOVE .

  I am STUCK.

I PRETEND that things will get BETTER.

       BUT YET !

I feel like am FALLING in a deep hole into water that I  eventually  will  

                                       DROWN in.

I am UNAFRAID of what that will feel like ,

          I’ve prepared myself and will gladly take that JUMP .

I see ENDFUL GLEEFUL days as I pretend to be Brave.

Unafraid of DEATH because that’s how I will see Abuelita again.

Unafraid because that’s how I can BE FREE once again.

- Guadalupe Ambrosio