The Tears of La Raza

A lovely woman was crying by a stream and her

tears were falling like rain. As I looked into the

stream I saw that it was turning into blood.

“Why are you crying I asked?”

“My children have lost their way. Once upon

a time, among my people there was respect

and our people protected the elderly, the women

and children.”

“Now the elderly are forgotten and left behind

as they are placed in nursing homes. Women

have to support grown men who are too lazy

to work, then lose themselves in the fictional

romantic world of novelas to fill their emptiness.”

“Teenagers have too much time on their hands

and little guidance as they are growing in a much

too real and uncaring world. Many turn to fads

and fall for the insidious lies, found in drinking

alcohol, or doing illegal drugs and  having

unprotected sex at an early age.”

“Only to find their selves addicted, sick, and lost.

Slaves, to fat cats who call the shots and benefit

from their pain. While, somewhere an innocent

child sits at home watching TV as a bullet sent by

a heartless person erases her precious smile from
the world!”

“Now, you see why I cry,” the lady replied.

“My tears, are the tears of La Raza. Because

Many are trading the gold of their heritage

for cheap trinkets, fake pleasures and foolish lies!

“Knowledge, is no longer welcome by my people

while silliness and foolishness are taken as truth

by those who want a quick fix to everything in life.”

“Tell my people, that Kings and Queens, rule by

power. And power comes only from knowledge

through learning. Tell them that my tears will fall

until they stop filling up the streams of life in the

world with their own blood!”

 After I had listened carefully, I walked away as the

lady said a prayer in in Spanish. A prayer for her children

to return to the light and to the source of all true power

in the world where wisdom, respect and honor dwell

among knowledge and learning, and where the streams

do not flow red with the blood of, La Raza!

Frank Solis Copyright 2016

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