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HLLN re-members the quake victims with: A bouquet of tears by Michel Sanon

January 12, 2011 Written by Ezili Dantò

On January 12, 2011, HLLN re-members the quake victims with: A bouquet of tears by Michel Sanon (in English & French)

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Bouquet of tears

Two hundred thousand stars
Extinct, evaporated
In a sunset
Wrapped in dust
On this galactic stage
Close to the hearts of those
Who cherish freedom
Two hundred thousand flowers
Abruptly chopped away
In the devastation
Of a garden drenched with blood
Two hundred thousand children
Of all ages and features
Snatched away woefully
From the trembling arms
Of a broken mother
Who had already shed
Almost all of her tears.
Haiti Cherie …
What does the future hold?
Blessed be those strangers
All people of good will
Who strived to lend
A helping hand
When that infamous Cross you bear
Was crushing your spine.
Then came in semidarkness
The hawks and the foxes
Vultures and hyenas
With gems of illusion
Set in blinding cynicism.
Once again
Adam’s Planet is on the verge
Of completing with no glory
Another journey around the Sun
Whose constant rays
Are a symbol of life.
Life be with you
Haiti Cherie!
Collect yourself your dignity.
In this bouquet of tears
You will receive
Two hundred thousand wishes
For better days to come.

Michel Sanon (Montreal)
Jan. 11, 2011

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Un Bouquet de larmes

Un bouquet de larmes
par Michel Sanon

Deux cent mille étoiles
Eteintes, disparues
Dans un coucher de soleil
Enveloppé dans la poussière
Sur cette scène galactique
Proche du cœur des gens
Epris de liberté
Deux cent mille fleurs
Fauchées abruptement
Dans la désolation
D”€™un parterre arrosé de sang
Deux cent mille enfants
De tous ages et de tous traits
Arrachés funestement
Des bras tremblants
D”€™une mère martyrisée
Déjà à court de larmes
Haïti Chérie”€¦
Qu”€™en est-il de ton lendemain?
Nous bénirons ces inconnus
Gens de bonne volonté
Qui se sont évertués
A te porter secours
Quand cette infâme croix
Te broyait l”€™échine.
Depuis sont venus dans la pénombre
Les faucons et les renards
Les vautours et les hyènes
Avec des joyaux d”€™illusion
Sertis d”€™un cynisme aveuglant.
Une fois déjà depuis
La planète d”€™Adam
Complète un trajet sans éclat
Autour de l”€™astre radieux
Dont les rayons imperturbables
Sont symboles de vie.
La vie soit avec toi
Haïti Chérie.
Ramasse toi-m ême ta dignité.
Dans ce bouquet de larmes
Tu recevras
Deux cent mille vœux
De lendemains meilleurs.

Michel Sanon (de Montréal)
January 11, 2011

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