Boricua Butterfly

I am the
Metamorphosized
The reborn
The living phoenix
Rising up out of the ashes
With my conquered people
Not the lost Puerto Rican soul in
Search of identity
Not the tragic Nuyorican in
Search of the land of the palm tree
Not fragmented but whole
Not colonized but free.

Mariposa (a.k.a. María Teresa Fernández)