Haiti In Our Hearts [ Reviving Lost Hope] ♥ A Small Gesture From The Wattpad Family ♥

Haiti In Our Hearts..[Poems]

Haiti in our hearts.

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A small thing can make such a big difference for Haiti. They will not be forgotten.

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Haiti...

My eyes take in the view:

Poverty in all her glory...

Burning tires and refuse,

Piled trash along the roads,

Garbage rivers running

through the sewage bordered streets...

But it's not these sights that register;

my heart is blind to this...

My ears hear...

Gunshots,

Stories of violent clashes

and governmental coups,

The cries of needy children

rah-rahs & voodoo

But these sounds don't penetrate;

my heart is deaf to this...

I breathe in...

Acrid odors assault my nose--

Fetid fish

and car exhaust

But these scents don't permeate

my heart can't smell these things...

There are tastes my tongue won't savor--

Rancid Meat,

Diesel fumes,

The bitter taste of Bile

But I don't discern these flavors...

my heart can't taste these things...

My hand reaches out

and I touch...

Dirt, Grit, and Grime

As I feel palpable humidity

and sweat--

Trickling d

w

n,

Creating muddy tracks

that end in sticky pools on my skin.

But these textures make no impression;

my heart can't feel these things...

These things can't touch and grasp

the Haiti in my heart

Instead....

My heart sees... Beauty...

Lush Vegetation and trees,