Ode to the Children of El Molino

Solidifying dreams yet imagined,
cement bonding wire of a chicken's house, plastic, direction, hope.
Trash transformed into treasure,
as hearts interlace.

You are not merely what someone else thinks you should be.

You are pure potential,
leading Guatemala from the cruelty of civil war,
through the window of education and truth,
toward promise and prosperity.

-Tina Lehman