<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384144" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Haiti Survivor</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The earth shook<br>And the buildings collapsed<br>She and her friends were trapped<br>Total eclipse.<br>Light left no trace<br>In darkness she heard<br>herself and her friends<br>crying, sobbing, moaning<br>in pain so unbearable to bear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She could not move her legs<br>Only her hands could touch<br>a stone, wanting to embrace<br>her friends but she could not.<br>Dusts filled her lungs<br>She coughed, yes, they coughed.<br>They continued to sob and moan<br>She screamed calling for help<br>She yelled in all despair<br>but nobody heard her.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Those outside had to survive<br>They were running to find<br>shelter from the after shocks.<br>They were pulling bodies<br>of those whose legs and hands<br>they could see and touch<br>But she and her friends were trapped<br>Down deep in the ruins of dark dungeon.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">One week passed<br>The voices of her friends<br>were heard no more<br>Two weeks and three days passed<br>And there was no voice for her to shout.<br>She prayed, she slept, she dreamed<br>She saw light, she saw herself<br>willing to start a new life<br>Then she woke up<br>to this new dream, to this last hope<br>and to this new lease of life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>With the last hope in her voice<br>She cried for help again<br>And her last voice echoed<br>to the ears of the French rescuers<br>Then slowly the light entered<br>Her will to live on won.<br>Out from the ruins and rubbles, <br>she was pulled out from total eclipse<br>to the full shining lights of sun and moon.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Elizabeth+Padillo+Olesen">Elizabeth Padillo Olesen</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384144" data-title="Haiti Survivor de Elizabeth Padillo Olesen" data-description="The earth shook And the buildings collapsed She and her friends were trapped Total eclipse. Light left no trace In darkness she heard herself and her friends crying, sobbing, moaning in pain so unbearable to bear. She could not move her legs Only..."></div> </div> </div>

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