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They hide under the spotlights, and crawl across the dirt, trying to make it across, holding on to each other. They clutch each other tightly; because "each other," is all they have. They left all of their possessions behind them when they ran. Their old country doesn't want them, the new one won't let them in. Their only way to live, is to run as fugitives. The others say "how sad" the others say it's bad, the others say "accept it," because it's the life they have. They're told to hide in shadows, or to hide their necks in gallows, when all they want is fosterance, but that is not allowed. It's not much of a life, to run and hide in darkness, so they hold on to each other, because that is all they have. |
Copyright ©2012 Ashi Shadow -- 5/6/2006, finished 11/04/2012
Some of the rejected stanza drafts are below:
In one case it's to die,
in the other case it's to hide,
it's not a perfect life,
but it is all they have.
Unwanted in their country,
fleeing to another,
trying to escape undetected,
and sweep under the government's radar.
If caught they will be punished,
turned inside out,
and be thrown back to their country.
Trying to avoid their capture,
and to be uncovered and turned out-
their old country doesn't want them,
and the new one won't let them in.