Nou Pap Janm Bliye- 1/12/10

In remembrance of all of those who lost their lives in the earthquake in Haiti on January 12 of 2010, I wanted to share this poem I wrote a week after the earthquake. May their souls rest in peace. May their loved ones find peace. Gone but not forgotten. Forever in our hearts.

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Some of us call on the Pope

While others sniff and rely on dope

But Haitians can only think of HOPE

For as a nation it is the only way we can cope

There is no time to sit around and mope

We have to keep climbing to the top of the rattling rope

And together we can reach a positive slope

So we can see Haiti rise like a star out of this telescope

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A nation dying to figure out the cause,

Of why misery never puts Haiti on pause

Some say the devil grasped us with his claws

While he laughs and use our souls to gnaw

But I have one question: Can we look past Haiti’s flaws?

And I’m not asking this for a simple cause

I just know that this time around we can create better laws

Then we can stand up and give Haiti a round of applause

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This once beautiful nation will always be my cocaine

I remember chewing on my sweet sugar cane

With an immense feeling of overflowing love for this domain

Now all I can think of is ‘for those victims I gotta stay sane’

Because man, I got Haiti on the brain

Man, Haiti won’t get off my brain

And this pain, I can never get away from this pain

From watching my people suffer miserable deaths in vain

But I know La Perle des Antilles is our most precious gain

So best believe that once more, once more like 1804 we will break any chain

For this Haitian nation , my Ayiti cherie that will always be my cocaine

Poem by: Andye