The God of Children
~ For Elena Gascón-Vera
They undressed her
and bound her
and speaking precisely as diplomats and surgeons
asked her
which God she believed in
that of the Moors or that of the Jews
head hanging and so far away
she kept saying
I believe in the God of children.
Marjorie Agosín (Chile)
Translated by Cola Franzen
Source: From The Republic of Conscience, An International Anthology of Poetry, edited by Kerry Flattley & Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Amnesty International