Immigration Ban

A 23 hour flight and almost 9000 miles later

When I first set foot on foreign soil

“Welcome to the United States of America” you said. “We hope you enjoy your stay!”

I was a foreigner in unknown territory,

Thinking to call this place my “home, away from home”

With hopes of turning my dreams into reality

I don’t belong here you say.

My friends are stealing your jobs, killing your people, destroying your economy, populating “your” land

You’re afraid I will bring you harm

So you want to send me back to where I belong,

Or stop my family from visiting, because they miss their daughter

America wasn’t always like this

It’s a place of acceptance

A place where dreams come true

A place anyone was welcome to call home

Or that’s what it used to be

According to old text books, that were taught to me

You think I’m a threat to you

But did you ever think,

That maybe I was just like you?

Before you claimed this nation to be your own,

When you were an immigrant quite like me

When you came to the States

With hopes and dreams

Maybe for a better life or even a better wife

So before you decide that I don’t belong here

Think a minute of what your life would be

If I invited you to my home and told you never return

Years later,

I still feel like a stranger,

Now more than ever - most certainly like I don’t belong

Which makes me wonder,

Is this what I left home for?