My New Home

~She sits quietly wondering about the footsteps she will need to tread.

~Her world turned completely upside down.

~Life once secure now is a constant mystery.

~What are they saying? What are they thinking? Are we so different, you and I?

~Feeling alone on foreign soil, she can see what they think by watching.

                               Their words are really no secret. We may be different.

~I brought with me hope for a better life. I came with great courage

                              in my pocket. My heart is kind, my eyes and brain work just

                             fine. See me…be patient until I own enough words to tell you

                             who I really am before you make up your mind about me.

~I don’t need your judgment, neglect, or this constant isolation.

                              I am tired of living inside my own thoughts.

~Can’t just one of you open your eyes and your heart to me now

                              before I am broken?

~I would really like to know you and hope you’d like to know me, too.


Debbie

* This is dedicated to my new ESL students. When they arrive, they come with such possibility, for those willing to see.