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Barbed Wire
February 23, 2021
Millions of families
Separated at the border
The wires separating them
Is like fire
Forcing families to stay apart.
Over five hundred children
Ripped away from their parents
Left alone
In a new country
Without speaking the language.
Many will never reunite with their loved ones,
And will have to move on
Without them
Forced to leave them.
Innocent civilians
Are treated like animals
And shoved behind bars
Even though
They were just trying to
Better their life.
© Jessie W., Wichita Falls, TX
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In this poem, I explore what Central American's experience at the US border. In 2017, after former President Trump was elected, thousands of families were separated at the border when trying to enter The United States of America. As someone who thoroughly enjoys expressing themselves through spoken word, when border separation became a prominent issue in this country, I felt as if I the only way I could show my feelings was through poetry.