Potosi

In colonial times Potosi was the riches mining city in the world, now it is the poorest city in a poor country in the heart of South America. Pachamama means mother nature for the Aymaran people.

Pacahamama the only mother I'll ever have,
Today I went by the place of your birth,

You rich mountains,
Long ago, rich of treasures and minerals,
Today rich of corpses and death.

Pacahamama your home,
Was the home of my grandmothers.

Today I went by your Altiplano,
I felt your cold heat,
and I cried for the those times that went by.

The Potosinian people,
With bronze skin,
and blinding white smiles.

They are your children, my brothers
They are who keep you alive.

Pachamama I saw your home,
and for a second it became mine,

Pachamama I saw your lad,
and for a second it became mine.

Now that second has gone by,
and all my riches are made up
of legends and fables and times that won't come back.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I love the old cities. Pachamama is a city I would like to see. I did a lot of food and medicine mission with the Army in Central and South America. The small mountain village were paradise to a man who lived in large cities only. I like your description of this beautiful place. Thank you for the outstanding poem.
Coyote

[just is]

This is very nice writing, myself i have never heard of the place.
I like your write

[smkb90]

The city is actually called Potosi. The native people there believe that mother nature was born there, they called mother nature Pachamama. Thank you for the review i appreciate!