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The modern refugee

December 27, 2015
By istelan BRONZE, Costa Mesa, California
istelan BRONZE, Costa Mesa, California
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The war-torn lands on the eastern shore
of a great sea once sailed afar
in the early days of this nation.
East, far, far east
where death awaits the denizen.
The minorities’ plight for freedom and life
only to be denied by the Christian Right.
The lies spread about these people afar
by the ones who claim to love freedom?
they do not want freedom for others,
as they claim the others are all “lying, hateful, freedom-haters,”
yet that is all they want.
They deny the plight of the needy,
to someday live life in peace & freedom.?
Without the constant fear of dying,
the split between two great evils
plagues these women, men and children.
All still human.
The terrors they face I cannot describe
as I have not known them, only out of what I’ve been told.
But for many they are scarred for life
never truly welcomed again,
even if they reach a new land
for it seems they truly will never again find a new home.


The author's comments:

I wrote this poem for my history homework where I was supposed to write about a modern viewpoint on immigration, but tied in with it a viewpoint of someone sympathetic of the refugee. Sorry if my grammar's abit off


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