Immigrant

Immigrant


Transplanted immigrants


We grow roots in foreign soil.


Struggling like weeds amongst home grown desired


Shrubs, bushes, flowering plants,


We scatter seeds that blend with these


As we appease the greater garden,


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BURDEN

1. Burden


I hold the world on my head,


The whole world, as I know it.


Tilted precariously, perched atop


My head; I have to keep it steady, keep up


This balancing act, because if it falls off my head…


Well, if it falls off my head, it will crash down
like the

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PAPA

1. PAPA


My
father was a spiritual man;


well
worn spiritual shoes soled with Psalms and Revelations,


He
spoke with the voice of Leviticus.



The
Bible, his umbrella,


Protection
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gratitude

1. GRATITUDE


She looked up to the sky


To blessing, gift of water that


Washes away layers of dust from fields


From crops, from the ever present


Ever looming haunt of Hunger.


Water feeds hunger; water keeps them here


On this land, in this place; kept them from becoming
dust.
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