<p>This philosophical work explores how the Indigenous Zapatistas metaphorical epistemologies can represent a contribution to urban education, specifically in relation to a deeper understanding of what the term urban signifies. This work undertakes a review of the relationship between metaphors and the epistemic construction of knowledge in education. Following a review of primary sources from the Indigenous Zapatistas communities in their original language, the findings reveal that Zapatistas Indigenous communities have constructed metaphors such as Durito, Mirrors, Reflections of Mirrors, and Crystals as epistemic metaphors to unveil a social reality that resists being revealed. This contribution is significant because it demonstrates that the term urban in education is not a metaphor but rather a euphemism used to obscure reality. This is important because if reality in education is not named, then it does not exist, and therefore, it cannot be changed. The findings indicate that if the term urban education is utilized as an epistemic mirror that prevents seeing the other side of what can be, the Indigenous Zapatistas communities propose employing the epistemic metaphor of Crystals because, unlike Mirrors, these serve to see the other side, towards what can be.</p>