Sofi's Choice

Down on our southern border a family

Has found itself in a scary position.

Three kids have a decision to make--

The youngest with a heart condition:

 

Will they stay here with their mom

While she pleads their asylum case

Or leave the country with Dad? What

A horrible choice for a kid to face!

 

The youngest--Sofi--just three-years old--

Clutched onto her mother but had

A crying fit when the agents

Separated them from their dad.

 

Forced to leave Honduras because

Of death threats, the family came

Here seeking asylum and got

Caught up in a political game.

 

Apparently, certain border agents

And heartless lawmakers entertain

The notion that it's quite all right

To be cruel and inhumane.

 

Family separation continues.

Wouldn't it be hard to rejoice

If YOU came here seeking refuge

And had to make Sofi's choice?

 

-by Bob B (7-18-19)

Reviews

[Rhayne]

You amaze me with how you make it flow and bleed such truth.

[Coyote Poetry]

Whole world is separating families. Hard to understand. The children pay for the sin of men. We have forgotten human kindness my friend. Thank you Bob for sharing the powerful and worthwhile poetry.
Coyote