Eternal mother

Yaisha Vargas-Pérez04/04/201308/10/2022Poetry ❦

In memory of Carmen Rosa Pérez-Oquendo, who would have turned 68. We love you eternally.

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Detail of the paint "Eternal oaks" by Samadhi Yaisha. Tempura on paper with Painting for Process technique. ©2013 All rights reserved. — Detail of the paint “Eternal oaks” by Samadhi Yaisha. Tempura on paper with Painting for Process technique. ©2013 All rights reserved.

The oaks watch over

your pregnant belly.

A firefly

lighting your dwelling

as if preparing

the birth of a Sun.

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A kiss from the roses

brushing your laughter,

falling in love.

A brook of hot water

rushes to rescue

your moment of gold.

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A treasure is hidden,

your pelvis is moaning

facing the moon.

A flock of birds passing

and your breast opens,

your bird will fly soon.

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Love me, dear mother

give birth to music,

poems and songs.

Let’s hear the choir

of your sweet vocals

screaming at dawn.

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Sow me in your fields,

plant me at your feet,

let me become.

Feed me the salve

that pours from your breast

a heavenly drop.

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I love you, dear mother

and sixty eight

are not enough

flowers to bring you

as the breeze sweeps

the umbilical cord.

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We heard the quiet

song of the valley

narrowing notes.

The spindalis reigned

watching us share

our moment of truth.

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Mother of oak wood

abundant mountain,

forests of love.

Your lotus of fire

is present and burning

a mirror of moons.

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Birth me in a song,

paint me in a flame

eternity knows

I bloom in the grace

of your sacred cave;

my secrets are born:

You’ve birthed me

in a heart

of eternal love.

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Published by Yaisha Vargas-Pérez

(Scroll down for English version) ❦ Biografía en español ❦ Mi nombre es Yaisha Vargas-Pérez y soy maestra y mentora de mindfulness certificada por el Greater Good Science Center de la Universidad de California en Berkeley en asociación con Sounds True (Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program MMTCP 2017-2019). El programa está dirigido por Jack Kornfield y Tara Brach. También recibí una certificación profesional (CMT-P) de la Asociación Internacional de Profesores de Mindfulness (IMTA) y completé el programa Mindfulness Mentor Training (MMT 2022), dirigido por Kornfield y Brach, a través de la plataforma Cloud Sangha. Actualmente soy estudiante del programa de capellanía ecológica Buddhist Eco-Chaplaincy Program (BEC) del Sati Center for Buddhist Studies en California. El programa está dirigido por Gil Fronsdal, Susie Harrington, Kirsten Rudestam y Ram Appalaraju. Enseño mindfulness en Sagrado Global y el Centro Sofía, ambos en la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón en Puerto Rico. También facilito un grupo de mindfulness comunitario por Zoom. Para ver mi biografía completa, visita www.yaishavargas.com ❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦❦ ❦ Bio in English ❦ My name is Yaisha Vargas-Pérez and I am a mindfulness teacher and mentor certified by the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California at Berkeley in association with Sounds True (Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program MMTCP 2017-2019). The program is directed by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. I also received a professional certification (CMT-P) from the International Mindfulness Teachers Association (IMTA) and completed the Mindfulness Mentor Training (MMT 2022) program, led by Kornfield and Brach, through the Cloud Sangha platform. I am currently a student in the Buddhist Eco-Chaplaincy Program (BEC) at the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies in California. The program is directed by Gil Fronsdal, Susie Harrington, Kirsten Rudestam and Ram Appalaraju. I teach mindfulness at Sagrado Global and Centro Sofía, both at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in Puerto Rico. I also facilitate a community mindfulness group via Zoom. To see my full biography, please visit www.yaishavargas.com View all posts by Yaisha Vargas-Pérez