La Magia Divina de Natalia

Con un profundo respiro

Estar en la presencia de su energía

Aunque traslado por satélites y aplicaciones y radio y lo de mas

Sientes simultáneamente una tristeza y un feliz

Una magia, simplemente así

Es navegar nuestros recuerdos

Y descubrir lo que es vivir

Dejar que el tiempo pare

Con sus temas, recuerdas que la música si nos ayuda a unir

Recordar de dónde vienes, y donde quieres ir

Es escuchar el mar cantar, las olas y el atardecer pintar una obra frente de sus ojos

Es bailar en el supermercado cuando andas de compras

Con un profundo respiro

Nos llevas a otro nivel

Y estamos agradecidos

(Translation)

With a profound breath

To be in the presence of your energy

Although transferred by satellites, applications, radio, and the like

You simultaneously feel joy and sorrow

You feel magic, simple as that

It’s navigating our memories

It’s discovering what it means to live

Allowing time to stop

With your themes, we remember that music helps unite us

We remember where we come from and where we are going

It is listening to the sea sing, and watching the waves and sunset paint in front of your eyes

It’s dancing in the supermarket when you’re out shopping

With a profound breath

You take us on another level

And we are grateful

Karina Flores received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in 2020. She currently resides in Houston, Texas with her adorable pup, Alfred. Born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley, she feels that her Latinx voice is one that can offer an important and diverse perspective. Her poem ‘Anxiety’ has been published in The University of Oklahoma’s Blood and Thunder: Musings on the Art of Medicine.