~Island Prison Cuban Dreams 90 Miles S Where It All Began!~
Location
Cuban soil, a land that may never be free...Free
for us to roam as our ancestors once did or for
me to visit as I please. Many stories Cuban
streets hold but were so afraid to be told. Cuban
prisoners living within an island prison, not
knowing but questioning the reality of one day
being free. Free to live a life they're ancestors
once only dreamed of but sacrificing a land they
once new but also loved... Only now to live in a
land unknown but not their own, as the US of A
that many Americans now take for granted.
Forgetting but taking forgranted a freedom that
many Americans losttheir lives for so that... We
as Americans in todays day & age wouldnt be on
an island prison that our ancestors were once
exiled from. Told to never return unless their beliefs
were the same as other island prisoners which if
they would return... Only to be prosecuted for having
a dream as Dr. King once did, not being able to live
the fifth amendment dream on their island prison.
Thats only 90 miles south from where their new lives
& dreams are about to take flight... In the US of A
that so many Americans tend to take for granted for
many Cubans.... Who may never set foot on the soil
of the island prison that they longed for but once held
them captive but... Were now able to serve there
dreams making them reality as Dr. King once did while
being able... To have their own beliefs & live the fifth
amendment dream!
Author Notes
This poem was inspired last night while listening to Poetry Cafe on 96.3 as Dr. Kathleen Hellen who was telling her story about... When her mother was spat on for being Japanese in the middle of a farmers market and all her mother was trying to do... Was instill culture and show them their new town in which the recently moved to in Pennsylvania! Her story and poems inspired me to write about our own trials and tribulations faced that so many today take for granted including the fifth amendment. Looking forward to reading your comments but I hope you enjoy it!
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