Furia

by Yamile Saied Méndez

My mom smiled through her tears. “Mamita, you can’t have it all. You’ll see.” Although I wanted to yell that this was the greatest lie told to girls like us for centuries, seeing the defeat in her eyes, I couldn’t find my voice.

One day, when a girl was born in Rosario, the earth would shake with anticipation for her future and not dread.