Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Would you harbor me?



Grim toll: A 100-metre long list containing the names of 17,306 migrants who have died attempting to reach Europe since 1993 was unfurled at the entrance of the European Parliament in April
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"Would You Harbor Me?" -Dr. Ysaye Barnwell; Sweet Honey in the Rock. 

Would you harbor me? 
Would I harbor you? 
Would you harbor me? 
Would I harbor you? 

Would you harbor a Christian, a Muslim, a Jew 
a heretic, convict or spy? 
Would you harbor a run away woman, or child, 
a poet, a prophet, a king? 
Would you harbor an exile, or a refugee, a person living with AIDS? 
Would you harbor a Tubman, a Garrett, A Truth 
a fugitive or a slave? 
Would you harbor a Haitian, Korean or Czech, 
a lesbian or a gay? 

Would you harbor me? 
Would I harbor you? 
Would you harbor me? 
Would I harbor you? 

from Safe House: Still Looking by Y.M. Barnwell www.ymbarnwell.com www.sweethoney.com


Body washed up on the beach in Libya. - The Mediterranean’s grim tide

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