Behind a beautiful smile

It hides the tear of pain,

To serve again and again

Your oppressor.

 

Go woman, to fight for your rights!

Demanding your respect

Spreading your love.

 

Walk a path of flowers

For all those who have not endured the hollows,

And from that life are gone

Leaving example of claw and struggle.

 

Marias,

Josetes,

Dianas,

Absent lives

Infamous lives.

 

Poem composed by rural school teachers.

Seminar: November 24-26, 2016.

© Landless Voices II