La Mancha

Three red stripes,

Two white stripes,

One blue triangle,

And a white star.

 The shadow of a mango tree,

Three sugar canes,

A story of “María  Sabída”,

And summer’s afternoon.

A café con leche,

A prayer to the saints,

One Sunday in church,

And a family fiesta.

This is “la mancha” that I carry

“La mancha” that my homeland gave me,

Even if I lived in the moon, even there,

“La mancha” would still be with me.

Inspired by the live of Judith Ortiz Cofer

 By: Amanda Dee Moreno Hernández