Now Poetry Is Here

Yaisha Vargas-Pérez21/03/201421/03/2014Poetry ❦

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Poetryishere — Photo by Samadhi Yaisha in Unity Village, Missouri. Copyright © 2014.

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Pain, a numbness,

a blow in the heart,

a broken rib through my lung.

My heart cries –

enough!

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Enough.

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Enough of using words as spears,

enough of breaking hearts.

Enough of war,

enough of fear.

Just let me be here…

Just let me fly here…

With my heart open.

Stop the stupidity against the soul,

my emotions were never wrong.

But no one could handle them.

No one could.

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Peace, my heart,

poetry is here.

Peace, solace,

openness, safety,

and Spirit.

Poetry listens

Poetry can handle it

Poetry is wide as Eternity.

Everything goes,

everything heals,

everything soars …

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Don’t suppress, my heart,

don’t crush it.

Let Her and breathe through the pain.

It’s bringing you life.

Oh, my heart, I’m here

now, listening to your

journey.

Tucum-tucum

is the rhythm of my life.

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It was not grief.

It was not anger.

And certainly,

although it seemed like,

it was not pain.

It was poetry

being held captive

–disconnected–

from the process of my soul.

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Now I just write.

Because poetry is enough.

Brave poetry.

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March 10, 2014 @ Mystic Poets Society reading. Unity Village, MO. Published for the World Day of Poetry, March 21st, 2014.

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Photo by Samadhi Yaisha in El Yunque, Puerto Rico. Copyright © 2013.

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