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A new reality for the broken island

The demolishing disaster and dozens of aftershocks
the smell of death has slowly subsided.
Women and men, girls and boys, are attempting to reassert it all to new kind of ordinary life.
But how can this be after hundreds of thousands of people have perished?

A few services and projects have remained to keep the lifeline of a nation running
but the mountains of debris is a powerful reminder to them all.
It used to be a scavenged nightmare
but everyday becomes a little lighter.

Alongside the ruins, people are still digging for bodies
whilst others are trying to structure a new nation, a new life, a new reality.
A new reality for the broken island.

Jag fick en engelska uppgift häromdagen där jag var tvungen att skriva en dikt om en nyhetsartikel (min handlade om livet i Haiti efter jordbävningen) genom att endast använda ord från artikeln. Sjukt kul utmaning!

xx.
- Lotta -