Maria

(text-colour:black)[(align:"=><=")+(box:"=XXXXXXXX=")[Welcome to //Maria//. This interactive Haiku expresses the pride and resilience of the people of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in 2017. At the bottom of the screen, please press "start" to play.]] <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mcriollo1/mariatwinefall2022/main/Intro-Twine-1.gif" alt="man" style="width:900px;height:600px;"> ''(text-colour:black)[(text-style:"outline")[(align:"==>")+(box:"====XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX=")[[[[Start]]]]]]''

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mcriollo1/mariatwinefall2022/main/1st%20Illustration.png" alt="man" style="width:900px;height:600px;"> (text-colour:black)[(text-colour:black)[Tropical wind wails The sun chatters gracious words The heat becomes cold. Nature squanders off Everything becomes quiet Wandering eyes - stopped. Hiding with loved ones Inside, hiding: concrete walls Waiting in [[silence.]] ]]

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mcriollo1/mariatwinefall2022/main/3rd%20Illustration.png" alt="man"style="width:900px;height:600px;"> (text-colour:black)[Tearing all hammocks She is making history! Washing off colors. A careless creature //Tasas de café//: shattered. Destroying all [[light...]] ]

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mcriollo1/mariatwinefall2022/main/Stomping-2.gif" alt="man" style="width:900px;height:600px;"> (text-colour:black)[Every step she [[takes.]]]

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mcriollo1/mariatwinefall2022/main/2nd%20Illustration.png" alt="man"style="width:900px;height:600px;"> (text-colour:black)[Above...Maria. This girl, this beastly figure Waltz in, stepping slow. Her heels go click-clack She storms in with confidence Dominating all. Ripping leaves off trees Her skirt whipping and lashing, Breaking all at [[touch.]]]

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mcriollo1/mariatwinefall2022/main/4th%20Illustration.png" alt="man" style="width:900px;height:600px;"> (text-colour:black)[All of a sudden, Her power becomes weaker. All her screaming stops. Powerless at thought That she could take everything. That she could destroy. Perspective changes. She finally realized, No one was [[looking...]]]

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mcriollo1/mariatwinefall2022/main/5th%20Illustration.png" alt="man" style="width:900px;height:600px;"> (text-colour:black)[...No one was looking… Wandering eyes never stopped They were all moving! They were all walking, Following a golden path. Chanting, “ Victory!” Animals singing, Trees standing proud of their roots, //Tambores// [[drumming.]]]

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mcriollo1/mariatwinefall2022/main/6th%20Illustration.png" alt="man" style="width:900px;height:600px;"> (text-colour:black)[Fragrance radiates Coconuts walk with hard shells Flowers with heads high. Monuments are vim El morro: tall and mighty! El Jibaro, strong. Beauty moves forwards, All the colors swaying with the breeze, The island shines [[bright.]]]

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mcriollo1/mariatwinefall2022/main/7th%20Illustration.png" alt="man" style="width:900px;height:600px;"> (text-colour:black)[No nostalgia, Concrete walls are these eyes core. //Boricua// stays strong. All eyes, triumphant Everything is progressing, She [[realizes...]]]

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mcriollo1/mariatwinefall2022/main/Power-3.gif" alt="man" style="width:900px;height:600px;"> (text-colour:black)[//Boricua// is not a word of weakness, but strength. Then all was bright at glance. ]