Let me take you on a journey to a place called El Salvador.

Liberated September 15, 1821

With glory in its core, 

But blood on the lawn

That would soon be gone 

After many dawns- 

This was the beginning 

of something beautiful. 

A culture which vultures 

from art, food, music, and more

Where children are told Folklore

And told to explore the 

beauty in which they inhabit

Eating pupusas, yuca frita, mamones, 

and drinking horchata along the way.

War strikes in the 1980's. 

No longer known for beauty 

but rather civil war and danger

The country on a hanger

in the closet of fear-

Will it's beauty ever reappear? 

The land. 

Mountains, beaches, volcanoes

Travelling through the country 

seeing ranchos full of life

Then ending up in the city 

seeing beautiful sites.

And everyone knows:

When the heat has you beat 

It's time to take a seat. 

A young girl walks to school

Watching as the gangs beat on the street

Watching her surroundings so she isn't next

She was forced to walk in the scorching heat. 

Civil war caused civil disobedience 

Gangs now begin to take over 

Killing and beating.

Either for money or to show power. 

They take over transportation 

Stealing buses so people like the young girl 

are forced to walk in the scorching heat
with the fear of being jumped and beat following closely.

The young girl sits in her living room after school 

She admires the beauty in which she inhabits

She admires the culture, the land, the history. 

For the young girl still believes in beauty even after all she's seen.

The young girl also understands.

Understands that beauty can not 

defend her country's actions

but also understands that the actions 

can not take away from her country's beauty.

She knows she inhabits a dangerous beauty.