MAKING THE BEST OUT OF AN EVERYDAY STRUGGLE
Its Wednessday 10:40pm. I get on skype like I usually do to talk my BEST FREIND my SECOND MOM my LOVED ONE mi HERMANA my SISTER......she sends me a message and says I HATE BEING HERE! I WANT TO GO HOME! MY HEART HURTS I MISS EVERYBODY SO BAD!!! I sat there looking at the computer not knowing what to say....a minute after she said i need somebody to hug me and tell me everythings going to be ok. I imagined a little girl scared curled up in a corner scared not knowing what to do. That same night I HAD A DREAM! but it wasnt like Martin Luther Kings'. In my dream I tried to get to my family but the border and the border patrol STOPPED ME!...they chased me like a lion chases me like a lion chases its pray they wanted a BLOODY BODY they wanted to catch me beat me and then let me free but i got away...I realized i was lost in the desert I fell on my knees i knew i was going to die but then i looked up and my uncle's spirit appeared-- the one who went missing for years after trying to cross the border that all my people fear. I woke up I dont know if i made it or not I also dont know if im ever going to see my sister again or put flowers on my grandmothers grave. so dont cry just ask why and fight the real crime.
Follow this link to learn about 67 Suenos and their human rights activism, a group that Carlos is heavily involved in--as well as get a glimpse of the wonderful mural that he helped create!
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