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Rio Grande

She shimmers in the sun, she's onyx in eventide, Rio Grande. She can be waters of a new horizon, or a river of Death. Swimming in desperation, mothers, fathers, wanting coveted freedom for their children to live in USA- a divided nation, for an education, a chance, to be enfranchised. Men, women, children have drowned, returned to God. But their dreams didn't perish in this waterway. They're living in another family landing on shore in uncertainty. Where does humanity go, when the Rio Grande flows- into a fate unknown. ~

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Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 2/6/2024 5:35:00 PM

wow, you captured the essence of what's occurring along the border and you pose an almost rhetorical question. Hubby & I taught in a border community outside of El Paso...did so for 20 years. So many of our students were immigrants, brave teenagers eager to learn the language and succeed....anyway, I ramble...thanks for this lovely poem, hugs, Sara

Regina Elliott
Date: 2/7/2024 6:11:00 AM

Hi Sara, thank you kindly for reading and commenting on my poem. Most often the criminal troublemaking migrants get all the press, but peaceful ones with families that just want a better life for their children are lost in the chaos. Kudos to you and Bill for having been teachers, not an easy profession. God's blessings to you both. ~