My friend...
We are a fallen people
struggling to recapture
what was once known as our sanity
in this pile of hopeless rubbish.
My friend...
We are a desperate people
bequeathed by our ancestors
the love we neglect, only
to be wishing for more.
My friend...
We are a heartless people
who abandon our souls
for the greeds of
the tempting devil.
My friend...
We are a hopeless people
who have succumbed to
the debts of this world left
behind by the deceased.
My friend...
We are a kingdom of no change,
reliving the mistakes of our elders
from past wars while using that
as an excuse for more change.
My friend...
We are a people of rubbish!
Keesha Joseph is a junior in high school and hails from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She loves reading and writing both stories and poetry, and considers music her second life. She watches anime whenever she gets the chance, and dreams of traveling to exotic places.
