A hurricane
Creates apocalyptic destruction
Until another arrives
Bringing more destruction
But beyond tears
There is a determination
A great determination
That is as sure as the sound of a coqui.
It is as sure as the rocks
Weeks pass without electrical power
Lives are lost
But you soon learn that the Boricua’s major characteristic of the Boricua
Is character.
Character that has a spine like the mountains of the island
Fixed and firm and brave
An earthquake cracks the wall in Ponce
But Ponce does not break.
The statue of the U.S. soldier
In Yabucoa is a Puerto Rican
And he didn’t become brave
He was born to a brave land
With spine like its mountains.
Resilience.
Puerto Rico.
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