The Refugees Poem by Randy McClave

He paddled his boat unto the new land
Where he was hoping to find a helping hand,
But, what he found instead was a foot which pushed him away
As he heard the screams of mobs shouting, 'do not stay”!
He was escaping war and murder and starvation of his family
But, poverty and trash is all that the nationals on shore did see,
So, out of terror and worry he turned his boat around
Praying somewhere else hope and salvation for his family could be found,
Still hearing the screams and shouts that he is not welcomed or wanted
With profanity and rude gestures he an his his family was jeered and taunted,
Then the ocean decided to take the family as its refugee
Then the bodies of the family claimed a new home into the sea,
They weren't seeking to rob or steal but only wanted a land to live
But, the children and women and men weren't granted it, may God forgive
I then wondered in sadness and disbelief as I wanted to shout
If heaven is overcrowded would God kick all foreigners out.

Randy L. McClave