One Half An Island or Haiti Moringa

One half an island floating so near
close to the world now they see never hear
maybe we’re hiding maybe we’re cold
forever together looking for gold

walking to dance singing to die
wonder to faith red butterfly

don’t look at me now……….
cuz I’ll turn away………..
fighting my tears……….
I have nothing to say………..

But I love,…. what you’ve done…. flowers discreet
quakes may be gone………. but never the heat
beaches and deserts shedding the pain
look what we paid for ten minute rain

One half an island floating away
maybe tomorrow never today

wading through bodies tearing the sand
blood oven drying tiles the land

hills that go hunting trying to swim
hammer and nails writing a hymn

shock to the teeth grimace for pain
memories lost heaviness wane

tapping on lead leftover burn
search around soul sleeping in turn

don’t look at us now…….
cuz you’ll turn away……..
more than here dying…….
still learning to pray…..

But I love, what you’ve done….. stones in the air
big letter written……. whenever not care
traps find the hunger cry in the night
steal in the city darker than white

One half an island floating no more
hung up on star dust jupiter’s shore
no other lovers lost in the art
water green flowing looks out the heart

beautiful people where will you go
surfing on concrete heaven to show

But I love, what you’ve done…….. seven days made
sinking on summer…… loneliness shade
angels now weeping turn on the mirror
calling to orphans peace is now here

don’t think of us now……..
cuz you’ll never see……

haiti moringa……

invisible tree…….

by Jerry Retzlaff January 22, 2010

I was a part of a relief team in early Feb. and then last month and I could not tell much of a difference in the conditions for the poor and homeless in the 5 months. The tent cities are heartbreaking and ragged. All of the tents sent down were for designed for a couple of months and after six months they are worn out. When will the help actually get to the people who need it? Is there a way that mission constructions teams (just returned from Nicaragua) can participate in temporary housing or permanent reconstruction. My church does many projects and lost loved ones in the quake.