She didn’t want to be here

She didn’t want to be here
Floating in the Mediterranean sea
Spitting out water struggling to breathe
Kicking frantically to stay afloat
So that she can raise her baby above the water

Any glimpse of hope extinguished from her future
Because she held different beliefs to blinded zealots
Zealots whose minds were closed to form a new people
A people who wash away the lives of their leaders’ enemies
Fearing their women as demons who breed imperfection

She didn’t want to be here
Floating in the Mediterranean sea
Spitting out water struggling to breathe
Kicking frantically to stay afloat
So that she can raise her baby above the water

The peace she knew as a child seemed so distant
The security of her country smashed by foreign armies
Her new leaders promised her safety
But were too weak and broken to protect her
As they helped themselves to new prosperity

She didn’t want to be here
Floating in the Mediterranean sea
Spitting out water struggling to breathe
Kicking frantically to stay afloat
So that she can raise her baby above the water

Maybe if she could reach the lands that sent the armies
That they might offer her sanctuary
But their newspapers print lies about her
Saying that her plight is not of their concern
That she has no right to desire a better life in their land

She didn’t want to be here
Floating in the Mediterranean sea
Spitting out water struggling to breathe
Kicking frantically to stay afloat
So that she can raise her baby above the water

As her mind fights with wave upon wave of despair
She recalls her government that did not protect her
The blinded fools that want to kill her
The prosperous people who don’t want to take her
Perhaps the sea will bring her to peace?