El colibrí

My brain holds a hummingbird
      Hum hum
               humming
                      humming
Hummingbird

Drinking the nectar of my deepest thoughts,
succulent desires, and fiery dreams

   Hum hum
               humming
                      humming
Hummingbird

Tasting my elaborate ideas scheming to dismantle craddle-to-prison pipelines, supremacist education systems, and the longest terrorist organization of this country with its operatives in high places from wall street to police forces, governments, and courtrooms no longer visibly in white hoods.

    Hum hum
               humming
                      humming
Hummingbird

Untangling the fly-by-poems, love letters, and policy papers I hope to write in English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Portuñol, and Spanglish sprinkled with a pinch of Chingona.

Beija beija
   flor
       flor
Beija flor

Sipping some sample words too delicious to translate into plain Jane English... saudade, futevôlei, farofa, rede, and cafuné ... Words too savory and luscious to resist saying... gostoso, xodó, chuveiro, abraço, Djavan, caju, goiabada, Bahia, doce, lua de mel, jinga, enxerga, beijo

Beija beija
   flor
       flor
Beija flor

Slowing only to taste the sting of Columbine and Sandy Hook, unlike the sweet Columbine flower it much would rather savor, each time I bare witness to yet another school shooting... loucura... madness

Colibrí
       Colibrí
            Colibrí

Fluttering around the courageous conversations and advocacy I yearn to have even when it means sitting in a pile of discomfort while people show their limitations and projections pushing me to dig deep for compasión

Humming
   Bird
      Beija
          Flor
Colibrí