Chillón CHILLÓN

Art and poem by Andres de Refugio Sarabia
Instagram: @werebothbatman
 
Chiko Sapo like rain,
the rain of human kindness—overflowing.
 
The rain that washes
my salty
angry
furious
delirious,
and deeply curious
of the deaths I die every day.
 
And the rain comes
day in
and day out,
overflowing with kindness, again— 
yet remembering the violence, again.
 
White boys screaming
those fuckin' Mexicans again
but this time, a twisted smile comes over me. 
 
That’s right, remembering
the scriptures I've chased
looking for answers, 
the truth,
the truth,
even the ones I’ve erased.
 
Chillón Chillón, I’ll give you something to cry about!
 
I turn the radio on,
hoping to hear the good news
that human kindness is overflowing. 
 
Nothing, nothing today.
I hear my brothers are dying today.
The news of violence again.
I’m crying for rain today. 
 
Chillón Chillón, I’ll give you something to cry about!
 
Mothers are holding their children,
not for nursing,
not for healing,
not for comfort, 
but to bury them again in the dry, dusty earth.
 
I wish it would rain today.
I wish I could pray today.
 
Chillón Chillón, I’ll give you something to cry about

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Andres de Refugio Sarabia:
Artist | Storyteller | Chillón. 
Keeps me searching for those hearts of gold, 
as i’m getting bolder every day. 
Texas born, California raised, woke to Tennessee.
@werebothbatman