Day opens with my elbow resting
On a wooden table
Sunlight filters through loose clouds
Above this colonial city on a hill
Where bougainvillea spreads over red-clay roofs
And the smell of fresh baked bread fills the air
Taxco, you are so much more than silver jewelry
You are the pink cantera Christ standing with open arms
The cantaloupe and spiny chayote laid out on bed sheets
Throughout the city
The bright red yarn braided into long brown hair
The artist painting intricate scenes with a single fingernail
The clay pots bursting with flowers on every balcony
The old woman walking to the market
Slow and steady
You are the boy pulling a burro to Santa Prisca Cathedral
The orange and yellow flowers left as offerings
