Niagara Falls, USA

Rumi Ryman

Carnaval de Río de Janeiro, Brasil

 

SPEECHLESS

Haiti you have left us speechless, the tears continue to stroll down on
our faces as we watch you disappear.
They say you are the poorest country but in our eyes
you only bring us riches.
Your sandy beaches, the beautiful morning sunsets all seems to disappear
and again on that gloomy day you have left us speechless.
You were once a gem of the Caribbean islands and now
our precious stone has turned into sorrows.
Our hearts are aching and wondering if this will ever end.
The pain is too much to bear as we continue to be speechless.
How long will it take for us to see you smile again?
How long will it take for us to heal from our loss love ones?
How long will we continue to be speechless?
Haiti we believe you will raise again.
No more will there be pain in our harts
Our tears will wash again.
Death will no longer stain.
Our weakness will turn into strong and we will you back again.
You will bring the smile back in our faces.
You will continue to be the country that we all love so very much.
You will be a place we all can call our far away home.
We may be away from you but you will always live in our hearts.
As speechless as you’ve left us we believe that one day
You will again be “la perle des Antilles”

By Andie Cassion-Francois