Human, all human

Skin brown and burnt

Seeking asylum

Two months walking to the Promised Land.

At our border now

A week turned away

Holding a child

Leading one more.

Dead in the desert

Beside empty water jugs

illegal to fill

Cause its aiding and abetting

A human, all human.

Skin brown and burnt

Safe in the arms of our American Religion.

Roe

December 2018