"Play Hester Prynne. Wear scarlet letters on our chests. Become adulteresses cheating ourselves out of what we truly deserve."

Mayda del Valle (via missgreyday)

what secrets do your bones hold/ what pattern does your dust settle into when i beat these drums inside my ribs / what color was the soil of your grandmother’s garden/ grandma, how did you pray?

Mayda del Valle performing at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word on May 12, 2009.

luzdemilcolores:

powerful, passionate, brilliant

I remember when I would watch Mayda del Valle videos every morning to get siked for the day. She makes magic.