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Immigrants
December 13, 2023
For he was a man who had left his
home and traveled miles to come and
live the American dream as they call it.
He brought with him a thick accent.
and a suitcase full of stories of trauma
to tell.
too many to fit in just one suitcase.
English wasn’t his first language but
survival surely was.
Hed often cry while alone, tears of
sadness worlds tumble out of the
heavy bags set underneath his eyes.
He was tired but couldn’t say it
silenced by the want to be strong
but broken by the need to be enough
for his little ones
He was an immigrant in his own life
a stranger who was last and couldn’t
find any directions.
He only knew how to survive but he
Never truly learned to live
He is my father
Whom I owe the world and beyond too .
© Anonymous
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I come from an immigrant family and its so nice to be able to write this poem about my father who i owe the world to