New Thoughts on Refugees
(inspired by Christian Peacemaker Team visit, December, 1992)

Let the people of the world
charter flights, rent boats,
and create a civilian invasion.
Let them come by the hundreds
to stand beside the Haitian people and say
"This situation is finished"
Let the people come from all over the world.
Let the boats bring people to,
not carry refugees from, Haiti.
If two or three thousand
come to stand with us and say,
"There must be an end to this injustice,"
Then the United Nations
or the Organization of American States
would not need their weapons.
This is the greatest philosophy on earth,
to come and stand
in solidarity with sisters and brothers.
People like you can do this, and in doing so,
you are fulfilling the mission of Jesus
to set at liberty those who are bound.