Touched like his comrades by the ravages of Hurricane Irma, Marjorie Montauban Augustin took up his pen to write a nice poem.
A must read!
Saint Martin / Sint-Maarten
Un wonderful little pebble
Pdared on the azure sea
Tand a precious jewel
Din a golden satin case.
Qabout ninety square kilometers
Deliminated by an invisible border.
Une small island, between two shared countries
Din a long peaceful understanding.
Un dream panorama, bordered by beaches,
Iinvites to escape and tranquility:
Ppicturesque ease, pretty shells
Psweet entes, walks on the pier.
Swater feet
Sou the shade of coconut palms
Ou lie on the hot sand
SAll the caresses of the trade winds.
Sur the tam tam of the waves
Dhandle windsurfing boards.
Cbeautiful sunshine
She draws on the horizon on a canvas background.
Locean transformed its charming song
Eyou are taken in the heart of the turmoil:
En as a dawn, a deafening din!
Cthis discordant note created terror.
Lharmony of the beautiful days has disappeared;
Place to voids, to filth
and survival.
Limpostor is revealed
by incongruous scenes.
Proused by a whirlwind of unsatisfied cravings.
Rimpromptu expatriation of climate refugees,
AAllusion to other exoduses with the bitter taste of exile.
Un travel bag full of exotic souvenirs
Ljerky mind, eager heart for a safe haven.
" My island " ! Previous cyclones
ravaged you
Awith courage and dignity,
you knew how to raise your head.
Dthe strong winds really mistreated you
Tu will have to overcome once again
this storm.
Din synchronization with Mother Nature,
Lare stigmata of this scarred body but, invigorated
Taway from the desire to rebuild
Awith the living forces
of your great diversity.
MONTAUBAN AUGUSTIN Marjorie
06/11/2017
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