Are we Ready to "Know it"? - An Ode to Venezuela

Born and raised in Venezuela
Having to leave in my teens
Just like so many others
Being obligated to leave your home
Your land
Your food
Your family
Everything that was familiar to you
It's just gone
We embraced our new life
We embraced our new opportunities
We found our way in the world in foreign places
With other cultures
Other food
Other languages
We have, and we did because we are an unbelievably resilient bunch
And we have learned
And we have adapted to new ways
And we have grown
And we have shared our culture and our hearts for sure
Because that is what we do
We can't help it
We welcome you into our home, no matter what colour your skin is
no matter where you come from
We want to feed you with our food
We want you to feel like you are family
We want you to feel home and welcomed
And we have thrived and learned to live away from our land
And we are grateful that we could survive from everything that went down in the past
But we carry Venezuela in our Hearts
We carry our land and our warmth in our hearts and soul
There is no way that that can ever leave us
And there is no way that we can ever leave that
Because we were born and raised there
And there is nothing in this world that can explain what it feels like
Only those who did, and had to leave to create the best possible life outside in other places
Can know the feeling
Only those can understand
Venezuela, her Natural Beauty & Power, and her huge mix of people
Is an incredibly beautiful, abundant, resilient, strong, compassionate, big hearted place that I can truly appreciate with everything in my being, thanks to being outside of it for so long.
Like many others
We did not know what we had
We did not appreciate her enough
We did not take care of her as she deserved
We did not stand by her side
We sold ourselves to the USA looking at them like "the big thing", and speaking poorly about our amazing, beautiful and abundant LAND .
We did not know how to take care of her with love, appreciation and honour.
We did not speak about her with true pride and humility.
Now
We know
Now
We know what we lost
Now
We know what we had
Now
We know how fucking lucky we were to have been born in "almost" the richest country in the world
Yes, richest. In every sense.
And that is why it has been targeted by so many "others" wanting to take
To own
To abuse
Because "they" know how rich that country is
Do WE know it?
Are we ready to KNOW IT
Are we ready to appreciate her and take care of her like she deserves. Like we deserve?
And SPEAK with LOVE, respect and honour about Her
Proud to Be
But also humble enough to keep being the big warm-hearted people that we ARE.
And have always been...
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With Love,
Evy.
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