All We Have - Our Dreams 6.15.2008 Poem by Margaret Alice

Watched a political program called “Carte Blanche”
about crime in South Africa, about a club for parents
who lost their kids to violence

The worst is the kid who survived, a nine-year old
raped then thrown into a fire where half of her face
was burnt; the program-makers

Called the President’s Office - received the reply
“Too busy to talk to you…; ” people with expertise
have been ousted from office

The desperate poor is growing more destitute –
ALL we have left are our DREAMS…

(I am not defeated, I believe in the power of dreams!)