South Gate, CA

Llorona’s Children is part of an illustrated story titled ‘Lloronas of Juárez’ that takes place in a Immigration Detention Center. In this scene Margarita has just put her nephew Juan to sleep after having woken up from a nightmare that involved La Llorona. Margarita thought about La Llorona’s pain; the pain of losing her children and wandering for an eternity in search for them. She then stares at the corner of her cell and thought about her own children. They were lost, taken away from her, and she would wonder her life looking for them. As she closed her eyes, she holds Juanito even tighter and cries:

“Oh my children, where are my children?”

The wailing women
Plant marigolds for fallen souls
The Rio Grande now reconnects
Families separated by border patrols

What happens when mothers’ pain
Interweaves with grassroots work?
A dream blossoms
From collective hope

Read the rest of the story at:
albertorozco.co/lloronas