Divided Heart
Written by Guadalupe Vial Ulloa
How do two homes become one
does the yearning ever leave?
Do the worlds ever meet?
Or will I have to live today forward
forever missing
when I’m not here, when I’m not there.
From the mountains to the coulees
Where and when do the lakes meet the sea? Does the course ever stop, or will I flow endlessly?
My heart which belonged only
to the land that fed me plenty of bread,
and cradled me in the valley between the mountains.
Has lost a bit of itself to this bit of the world, floated down the Old Man River
and found itself growing between the wild roses.
And now my heart is bigger,
and my greediness curses me,
to always miss home on each side of the world.



