Haiti

The speaker showed us pictures
and spoke
searing words.
Haiti suffers.
1 hour away
from Us.
Rich us.
Rich me,
moaning:
oh woe dirty bathroom sink
oh woe defiant child.
No running water
in Haiti’s villages.
Rampant disease.
Parasites invade
feet
soaked in sewage.
2 out of 3 children
Dead
by age 5.
Dead.
His organization built
toilets.
They are
the villages’
Pride.
I can open my
wallet.
I can tell my
friends.
But I can’t understand:
why them?
why not me?
How do I begin to
Deserve
my riches?

For more information, please visit the website for Voice of Haiti.