No.
Do you want to hear in it Spanish?
No.
My clothes
mi ropa
My words
mis palabras
My lips
mis labios
And my looks
y mis aspectos
does not mean
you can touch,
grab,
pull me
like a desirable toy
at a playground.
To take my body
and treat it as an object
means you destroy
my humanness.
Of all the living creatures
that live on this Earth,
that have the actions
to breathe,
respirar
to see,
para ver
to hear,
oir
to feel,
sentir
and to touch,
tocar,
we women
nostotros mujeres
are the worse treated beings alive.
Me too.
Yo también.
“Waiting” by Beryl_snw is licensed under CC0 1.0
Krystal Beatriz Galvis
Krystal Beatriz Galvis, born and raised in San Diego, California, is a writer fascinated with magic, fantasy, and darkness. She is a MFA graduate student at San Diego State University studying creative writing. Outside from writing short stories, she researches any Latinx fables or myths and writes small poems on her Instagram page under the hashtag #krystalg.
May I please share this beautiful poem called Yo Tambien on Facebook for my friends? I love it.