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For all the men and women who have had to leave home and country to provide for their families...
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She cares for children who are not her own,
the flesh and blood left behind
in that other place so far away,
the place she still calls home.
Living on fairy-tale hopes that there will be:
a better life,
a happily ever-after,
a newer tomorrow-
mint-fresh and green (like the yankee dollah,)
dreaming there is more than the useless struggle against an endless present...
"Blessed are the meek."
- COMMENTS
Maydaypilotover 1 year agoBeautiful reveal of the heart and soul struggling and suffering, unseen, in the nucleus of a scene endlessly played.
It’s the skilled poet who shows us the quiet beauty of life lived in the din of geopolitical debate.
Bn2fover 1 year agoJesus and The Sermon on the Mount. Well done.
I can only speak for the country that is my home and that’s America, but I’m always saddened with the fact that the sentiment expressed in pieces like this is never seen, many times ignored, or outright dismissed (mostly) by those who worship a brown skinned savior and claim piety, charity, and touts this nation as one built off the hopes of those who left their native homelands seeking betterment.
Anonymousover 1 year agoI have been doing some research for my "Winter" contest story looking at Irish immigrants, and stumbled onto the American television PBS show "Finding Your Roots". Just two days ago, I spent an entire evening watching the fascinating shows as they trace the ancestry of well known people. And many of them share the classic immigrant story. "Help Wanted - NINA" signs were posted just over 100 years ago - NO IRISH NEED APPLY. It was never easy for any immigrants, especially when one parent came first to earn money for passage of the rest of the family, and sometimes they could afford to send only one child a year, taking several years to re-unite the family. Nice poem, well written, and full of meaning!
TheDokover 1 year agoI fear that many who read this will not understand it. I have lived in many places and endlessly watched the exploitation of migrant workers by the selfish rich entitled who think they are better but are too stupid to understand they are simply luckier. This poem is so beautifully written, powerful and so very very sad.....
There but for the grace of God go I.
5*
BlissMaraover 1 year agoThis poem is beautiful in its stark realism, its hopefulness, and sway. Yes, indeed, ' blessed are the meek'. 5*,so well done, in its brevity, and hook.
