Death, What Are You Worth?
by Joseph J. Charles (nothingbutshopping@gmail.com)
Why did you decide to visit Haiti?
Why did you decide to fly over Port au Prince, Leogane, Grand Goave, and Petit Goave?
Why did you send your angel of death to Carrefour?
Why did you claim the young, the innocents and educated few of Haiti?
Why did you cause so much pain in so many families?
Why did you uncover and reveal our poverty to the world?
Why? Why? Why? I am asking
Why so many bodies? Why did you claim so many children? Why?
What is the true value of your victory in such a poor country?
Why do you shed so much blood in so few seconds?
You shook our soul and buried our brightest and young as well as old
Death, angel of death, can you give me an answer?
Why do you fill up our morgues and cemeteries?
Why do you bury us under tons of rubbles?
Death, your victory is insignificant
You only cause our collective souls to galvanize
You can not stop the solidarity of our fellow men and women
You can not stop the Haitian survivors from digging for their loved ones
With their bare hands and amidst all the chaos that surrounds them
Death, you can not stop the resolution and determination
Of the International Community
Death, you show your true face. We know you by your work
The rebuilding and the flight to the future you can not stop
Haitians can be twisted by the tectonic plates, but they will not give up
In the end, all of them will triumph over your temporary gain
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