Just One Earth

There are not two earths
The earth is only one.

So Haiti is mine
Just like it’s yours.
The sun brings its light
Everywhere the same
Like fireworks and Bengal light 
That do not want to blow out.

Close your eyes and open your heart,
Take a time to remember your childhood,
When your parents were going with you
In those places you can not forget.

Try to feel this breeze, brothers,
Caressing your cheek with sweetness
In the coast of our magic beaches
That brings the same innocent memories.

The earth is not big
The earth is small, sisters.
There is no alien soil
We all belong to the same globe,
Sons and daughters of the same God
From the same entrails and same soul.

Daniel Tillias
Pax Christi, Haiti

Daniel was our interpreter and a wonderful guide and friend

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