The Faceless

[Relevance]

Who are we?
We are the faceless.
Born unnoticed.
And ignored each day thereafter.
We've stood before you...
And stood beneath you.
We've carried you upon our shoulders,
Lifted you to coronation.
And what have we received?
Many a broken promise
And the gift of altered seed.

You ask us why we hide our faces,
why we wear our masks.
What reason have we to reveal ourselves
To you who cannot see?
Who does not care?
We stood before you, unmasked,
For generations!
And all along, we were ignored.
What reason have we to reveal ourselves
To you who prays for our demise?

Who are we, you ask?
We are the children of the children
Of the Revolution for Tierra y Libertad.
We are the children of the children
Who fought an empire,
So that we may be free.
We are the children of the children
Who once made cities rise up
From out the jungles.
Who are we?
We are the faceless.
We are Zapatistas.

 

[memoryroad]

i really think that is an amazing piece of poetry. however, what does "Zapatistas" mean?

 

[Relevance]

i really think that is an amazing piece of poetry. however, what does "Zapatistas" mean?

EZLN= Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional. Or, in English, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation. They're a predominately Indigenous group in the Southern Mexican state of Chiapas that rose up to challenge the neglect and abuse bestowed upon them for more than 500 years. They are named after Emiliano Zapata, the main revolutionary hero of the Mexican Revolution that started back in 1910. Zapata was killed in 1919. The Zapatistas of today take their name from him.