She Made Things Appear

Performance with Guadalupe Martinez, Boombox, Vancouver 2025. Photo credit Luciana Freire D’Anunciação

She made things appear – like visions, magic before my real eyes. Her hands caress, her daughter’s head, softly, gently, deeply brushing her hair. A touch so loving, so real, so true, that it travels to the centre of both their beings. My body expands. I feel myself changing and I am scared a human fear. This is an acceptance of all the stories that proceeded them, and that are still to come. Like true knowing, or a protector of all beings.