in this hope
breathing for haiti
It is in this cloud, we find ourselves;
smelling the dead and wondering why
there were rocks and homes and lives that moved
from stable places to dark below
It is in this fray, we find ourselves;
hurrying to aid you, poor as we are
hoping we can feed you, water you, breathe for you
before you suffocate from pain
It is in this hope, some, we live;
that our best efforts, prayers and acts
are fragrant air in worlds unseen
and delivering all a new tomorrow.
In this hope, we breathe for you;
we your family, your lungs tired
we will take in our rich oxygen
and fill your lungs if we can.
Dan Wilt
In honor of those who died, and those who live, in Haiti
Jan. 15, 2010
