Thursday, May 15, 2008

Chinese Girl


Chinese Girl

She disappeared in the debris, swallowed
by clouds of dust and flying shrapnel,
worse than any war he had ever known,
risking loss deeper than he ever had imagined.
She rests in a dreamless sleep, her breath
shallow, a background hum of oxygen.
She’s here and she’s alive.
For this he is thankful.
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I have received more information on my foster daughter, Mengqi. She and all the staff and families from Plan USA are safe.

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