It has taken me weeks to try to find a way to respond to some of the many feelings I have wrapped around the tragedy of the earthquake in Haiti (World Vision appeal). I am admin of a group on Readwritepoem called African Diasporic Voices. I posted a challenge to respond to the poem Betrayal by Leon Laleau in which is discusses the internal conflict of mental decolonization. Here is just one of the poems that I have written during this time of heartbreak.
Capitalist Charity Negotiations
By Ieisha McIntyre
My happiness matters more to me than your pain.
--matters more to me than if you eat,
if you are warm.
--more than if you are loved.
Your misfortune is not my fault.
It is your job to convince me that your pain
is a threat to my happiness.
-- then I will help you.
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