Spanglish

Spanglish

A Poem by Ashley Acri
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As a young woman learning a second language, I wanted a new way to integrate my second language into my first one. And now we have Spanglish.

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Me llamo Ashley and I am una estudiante of Spanish

Yo hablo two languages and muchas personas son surprised que I speak Español.

You call me una gringa pero soy much more.

Su mente es small, but you expect me mente es grande.

My world is limited solamente por mi lengua.

And mi corazón no tiene a limit on the love it can contain.

Love por un lengua, por las personas que hablan this second language of mine, por su cultura.

My friends and family no entienden mi razón and neither do you.

You call me ignorante, y dime que soy una racist because of “cultural appropriation”

When quiero mostrarte cuánto amo y respeto su idioma y su hogar y su cultura.

My mother tells me “Estamos en América y mejor había hablar a Ingles en público.”

My father tells me he is en el temor de lo que puedo hacer con mís dos lenguas.

But how do I feel?

Estoy ni aquí ni allá

I’m an outsider in dos idiomas.

Mi piel es más blanca than the skin of somebody who should speak Spanish.

Mi pelo es demasiado recta to come from the islands.

I speak like una Domincana, but soy Polanca.

My home is in Los Estados Unidos but my heart is in Barcelona, y Puerto Rico, Y la Republica Dominicana.

My head speaks English pero mi corazón hable Español.

My life ha convertido en Spanglish…

Incomprendida por todos when I just wanted to be aceptada por ambos.

Spanglish is no way to live.

© 2016 Ashley Acri


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Added on February 16, 2016
Last Updated on February 16, 2016
Tags: bilingual, Spanish, language, international, political

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Ashley Acri
Ashley Acri

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I'm a young woman from northeastern Pennsylvania. I am currently studying to be a nurse and I am in the process of becoming fluent in Spanish. My friends have been pushing me to start writing since th.. more..

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