Poem: Luna the Moon Child
Sunday, September 9th, 2012This poem is dedicated to Nina — sister of Joaquin Luna (DREAM Act student who took his life in Texas because he felt he had no hope). Side note: I had a bunch of inspirational poems rise up within me on Latina-led FREEDOM RIDE trip for immigrants and on our way to protest the corrupt Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the GOP Convention in Tampa, Florida, August 2012.
Luna the Moon Child
By DeeDee Garica Blase
I watched her pen a letter of heart break.
She wrote as fast as she could before our destination of roses and final rest.
Baby girl, don’t cry.
How can I wipe your tears dry?
Your momma’s gonna be all right.
Continue the good fight.
It’s our spirit that grows strong
We’ll meet him again someday, just believe and know you belong.
He is right here with us
He never abandoned
His love was the ultimate sacrifice
And it came with a price
Baby girl, please don’t cry
Please just try in this life
I know it’s hard
But we have no choice to play our card
Baby girl, please don’t cry
I wish there was something I could do to wipe your tears dry.
Luna is the moon child
He’s with us every night…
And our combined love is gonna make everything all right.
Don’t you know?
Your tears gave me strength to take a thousand more arrows.
Baby girl, everything’s gonna be all right
Just believe and have the faith that he’s with us tonight
Because the clouds have already passed,
and only stars will illuminate our paths.
Nina is Joaquin Luna’s sister. Joaquin Luna was a DREAMer who took his life the day after Thanksgiving 2011 because he felt he had no hope. This photo was taken when we were on our way to protest the GOP and the corrupt Sheriff Joe Arpaio. We made a stop to visit the Joaquin Luna family in south Texas.
