Immigrant Dreams

A child of two lands

And two different cultures

Driven to find greener pastures

Fleeing from war, anguish and pain

I came to this land hoping to gain

A better life for my family and I

A chance for us to do more than survive

I came here a lifetime ago

I crossed many waters to land on this shore

A shore that held the promise of dreams fulfilled

The promise of a life of which I only dreamed

Here there would always be food and clean water

And schooling for my daughter

There would be no poverty, hunger or war

And opportunities would flow outside my door

What I found when I landed upon this shore

Was not what I dreamed of a lifetime ago

Problems abide in this foreign land

They are just of a different nature from what I left behind

There is still hunger but on a smaller scale

No one wants to employ foreign workers

Go back home they say

So I work in a diner

Although I have four degrees

I toil and I sweat to meet my family’s needs

I often dream of my home

On that other shore

I want to go back

To where I was before

But I cannot leave

Not just yet

I have growing children

And a load of debt

I will stay here just a few years more

and then I will return to that other shore

There is still hope in this land

For dreams unfulfilled

Hope for my children

but not for my dreams.

By Maureen Injete Chesoni

Comments

[Richard Archer]

Chillingly inspirational and beautifully written. Keep up the good work, and your head as well. :)

[Pedro Molina]

This really touched me, since I am an inmigrant myself. Beautifull way to express our´s dreams!!.

[Injete Chesoni]

Hi Richard,
Thanks so much for your lovely comment. I appreciate the encouragement and I am glad you enjoyed the poem.

Hi Pedro,
I have experienced life as a migrant and I know it can be tough sometimes. Keep going and I hope you achieve the fulfillment of your dreams. Thanks so much for your encouraging comment.

Maureen Injete

[Mary]

Maureen I just have to say this is a spectacular poem. If you could sum it up in one line what do you think the message would be?

[Injete Chesoni]

Hi Mary,

Thank-you for your comment and sorry for taking so long to respond. It is difficult to sum up the message of this poem in one line. Mainly because it has many messages. Perhaps what I would most like people to take away from this poem is that every country has it's own advantages and disadvantages and achieving your dreams is not necessarily dependent on where you live but more so on the strength that you have within.

[jawad]

hi the writer of this poem i am very impressed with it because it really conveys the hidden reality behind hoping to immigrate and the dire results of immigrating to a country that is very distinct from yuors . thank you so much i approciate it well

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