You, Temple of Dawn, The Beat of an Immigrant Chicano: By Juan Cardenas

How two celestial beings are responsible

for the power that allows us to breathe;

how with this perfect balance
life would be different.

How power isn’t individual,

the importance of darkness

as well as light.

The shape of energy that mirrors

life’s path and

the sequence of their cycles.

I look east to welcome the morning star,

and so do the rest.
of my brothers and sisters.

 

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