The Multiplication Laws of Motherly Love

Poema para la madre (English/Spanish)

Carlos Garbiras
Scribe
Published in
2 min readDec 13, 2022
La casa de la nostalgia. Carlos Garbiras on Unsplash

The menacing vastness and beauty
of the universe and the night
would be palid and timid enemy
against the shelter of a cozy home.

A house doesn’t contain heat because of its bricks
nor the wood burnt at its fireplace;
but…

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Carlos Garbiras
Scribe

Award-winning essayist and solo performer sorting out the deeply ingrained neurosis of a topsy-turvy upbringing in Colombia and immigrating to the SF Bay Area.