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My Heart
Maïla Léger, C.C.F., 7th grade
My Heart
My heart is not like a barber’s chair
You sit on and then leave
For someone else to take his turn.
My heart is not a chalkboard either
To write on and then erase,
So someone else can write on it too.
Rather, my heart
Is a cemetery
That’s grounded in you for ever.
No one can remove or replace you;
I am your Bawon1 .
Kè m
Kè m pa tankou yon chèz kay kwafè
Pou annik parèt apre sa ou leve
Pou lòt la fè pa l tou
Ni nonplis kè m pa tankou yon tablo
Pou ekri sou li aprè sa ou bay lòt la efase l pou l ekri tou
Men kè m
Se tankou yon simityè
Ou la ou la nèt
E yo paka leve w
Paske mwen se Bawon w
1 in Haitian vaudou, Bawon is a loa (a divinity), master of the dead and guardian of cemeteries.
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