December 3, 2018

PUERTO RICO

I am an island

surrounded by water -

the Atlantic and the Caribbean.

I am San Juan,

Mayaguez,

Ponce, Guyama,

Carolina, Caguas, Bayamon,

smaller cities and islands.

I am Taino and Igneri,

Hispanic, Catholic

Evangelical and other.

I am American.

I am Latino.

I am some 3,659,087 Puertorriquenos in P.R.

and some 4,600,000 in the mainland USA.

I am mountains.

I am roosters and rain,

then a sun shower

landing on green, green, green.

I am on a road,

many roads that twist

and curve, and then curve some more -

leading to beaches, water, work,

manufacturing, tourism.

I am history  -

a story - many stories.

I am hurricanes:
Maria, Hugo, Irma,
Katrina, and so many others. 

I am a veranda

mi casa, su casa

watching the noise

hearing the show going on.

I am life.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018