Tlazoteotl — A Peom by Lydia Zulema Martinez Vega

Published June 12, 2023
Photograph by Ailyn Robles

Tlazoteotl 

If Googled you'll find her. 

Described as a prostitute,

eater of filth covered in sores. 

You have no clue.


Tlazo- is Love 

-teotl is creation, sacred.

She is the creator of Love,

the sacred conversion of composting pain to flowers.


I embody my sensuality & taste it.

Fully present and in touch with her needs. 

For that I am prostitute. 

I am Divine Feminine.


No eater of filth or covered in sores.

She processes life, the enjoyable and the lessons. 

Processing traumas requires us to chew on things. 

Nourish ourselves. 

Vomit at times. 

Medicine is bitter. 


Her skin is soft & delicate. 

Each marking whispers to you a story not all can hear. 

Traditional markings etched into the top layer.

No lovers though - they are ingested, not marked on skin. 

 

Tierra Profunda holds the memories


She takes things in, 

at sacred energy points converts them into love. 

Recycles our stuff. 

Compost alchemizing into black gold 

gives birth to beauty. 

Love.