The immigration
Crisis must be addressed and
Not just refugees
Refugees are just
Those that are being threatened
Fear for survival
Someone will cite them
As different and dangerous
Fear will be invoked
Those that are against
Refugees are misinformed
They lack empathy
Privileges withheld
Isolation imposed and
Rights are eroded
Communities are
Denied resources housing
Their voices silenced
Natives postulate
Multiple scenarios
To deny entry
The term illegal
Immigrant is applied as
Reason to exclude
It is convenient
To forget that those who seek
Refuge have no choice
Refuge is sought for
Endless reasons and not all
Refugees are same
If the reason is
Politics or poverty
Can’t blame refugees
If the reason is
Lack of shelter or safety
Can’t blame refugees
If the reason is
Families are separated
Can’t blame refugees
If the reason is
Caused by climate change you
Can’t blame refugees
If the reason is
Natural disaster you
Can’t blame refugees
You might say that you
Don’t blame refugees but there
Has to be limits
The idea of
Imposing limits must be
Tempered by the heart
For instance the heat
Crisis and changing weather
Patterns are here now
Record number of
Consecutive days over
Hundred ten degrees
Flash flooding and
Tornadoes are happening
In large areas
High temperatures
Don’t exclude elongated
Severe cold events
All that’s happening
Now and driving internal
Climate migration
Heed this warning now
Americans will become
Climate refugees
The biggest challenge
Is need to change biases
To accept the truth
Once truth is endorsed
Then fear can be rejected
And solutions sought
Not all refugees
Are dangerous foreigners
They are just afraid
In the end the truth
Is refugees seek refuge
Foreigners or not
The answer is not
Fear but compassion for those
Facing certain death
The answers will be
Found in worldwide teamwork
Cooperation
If we don’t all work
We will be cutting off our
Nose to spite our face
