My eyes are wet.
As you leave the shores of your home land
My eyes are wet.
As you say bye to kinsmen and women
My eyes are wet.
As you cross the hot desert
My eyes are wet.
As your body withers from dehydration
My eyes are wet.
As your fleet blister in the hot sand
My eyes are wet.
As you pass by the carcass and skeleton of fore migrants
My eyes are wet.
My eyes are wet because my eyes are wet.
And my eyes are wet because my eyes are wet.
As you jump on the train of death
My eyes are wet
As your delicate fingers hold on to the rusty wagon
My eyes are wet
As the train blares and whistles
Through the forest, mountain tunnels and the thick jungles
My eyes are wet.
As you witness a fellow lose control of the grip
Only to land underneath the hot rubbing metals of the wheels and track
My eyes are wet.
My eyes are wet because my eyes are wet.
And my eyes are wet because my eyes are wet.
As you meet the pathfinder
My eyes are wet.
As you hand over your life savings for the perilous trip
My eyes are wet.
As you are convinced of your safety
My eyes are wet.
As you drift away in the raft, the deadly canoe, the salvaged macabre vessel
My eyes are wet.
As you climb on the rickety
My eyes are wet.
As you dare the powers of the current
My eyes are wet.
As you submit to the violence of the wind
My eyes are wet.
As you show no fear of the dangerous bottomless water
My eyes are wet.
As you drift alone in the middle of the dangerous waters
My eyes are wet.
As you gulp and bop
My eyes are wet.
As bubbles exit your body on your descent
My eyes are wet.
My eyes are wet because my eyes are wet.
And my eyes are wet because my eyes are wet.
As the bombardment rip your family apart
My eyes are wet.
As the smell of sulphur pervades
My eyes are wet
As you witness the debauchery and carnage
My eyes are wet.
As you walk all night with your young, old and disable
My eyes are wet.
As the inclement rips your skin, bone and determination
My eyes are wet.
As you remember the good life you left
My eyes are wet.
As the cowards deprive you of your dignity
And your women of their virtue
My eyes are wet.
As the planted mines go off
Severing you of your limbs
My eyes are wet.
My eyes are wet because my eyes are wet.
And my eyes are wet because my eyes are wet.
As the leaders selfishly go after each other
My eyes are wet.
As they use you as canon fodders for their aggrandizement
My eyes are wet.
As their beliefs rip your community to shreds
My eyes are wet.
As they rip off your endowed resources
My eyes are wet.
As they feed their pets left over fillet minion
While you have to move on
My eyes are wet.
As they sit around making empty promises without resolutions
My eyes are wet.
As they sacrifice your blood for their greed
My eyes are wet.
My eyes are wet because my eyes are wet.
And my eyes are wet because my eyes are wet.
As you get to your destination
My eyes are wet.
As you find out you are not welcome
My eyes are wet.
As you are called names, spat on and ridiculed
My eyes are wet.
As you are ostracized and excised on cuffs
My eyes are wet.
My eyes are wet because my eyes are wet
And my eyes are wet because my eyes are wet
As some kind hearted welcome you to their land with open arms
My eyes are wet.
As you are received with compassion and shown respect
My eyes are wet.
As people who never met you show you love
My eyes are wet.
As people who are not of your belief lend you a hand
My eyes are wet.
As people who are not of your color, creed or religion provide you with food
My eyes are wet.
As people who do not know who you are give you clothes and shoes
My eyes are wet.
As people who believe in humanity shower you with dignity
My eyes are wet.
As you begin your journey in your adopted home land
My eyes are wet.
My eyes are wet because my eyes are wet.
And my eyes are wet because my eyes are wet.
EA © 2016
Note – This is a draft
