Jun 2019
When the sun rolls her eyes
A soft whisper reminds him
You’re home free once you lay inside
Barbed wires and lilac thieves
He's cloaked from head to toe
The Promised Land saws at his knees
Raising her head, she cries
Only not for stars or dreams
But to fill as though she is ten, not five
It’s the destination, not the journey they say
Preaching as though you don’t have soil to stay
Listening into the black and white picture screen
Ripples draped in red
They are not called she, he, only thing
Stripped of
Care
Consideration
Left less than animals
Tell me again why you believe this man covered in cloth
Is any less than the man who hides behind a rock
A soft whisper reminds him
You’re home free once you lay inside
Barbed wires and lilac thieves
He's cloaked from head to toe
The Promised Land saws at his knees
Raising her head, she cries
Only not for stars or dreams
But to fill as though she is ten, not five
It’s the destination, not the journey they say
Preaching as though you don’t have soil to stay
Listening into the black and white picture screen
Ripples draped in red
They are not called she, he, only thing
Stripped of
Care
Consideration
Left less than animals
Tell me again why you believe this man covered in cloth
Is any less than the man who hides behind a rock
'A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence. A refugee has a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. Most likely, they cannot return home or are afraid to do so.'
https://www.unrefugees.org/refugee-facts/what-is-a-refugee/
https://www.unrefugees.org/refugee-facts/what-is-a-refugee/
