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El trabajador
January 18, 2019
One man, I see
A toasted tan man
Working hard under the blazing hot sun.
He works from 6am to 10pm
Yet he’s unwanted like an infest of cockroaches.
Why? I don’t know…
Maybe it’s his burnt brown skin
Maybe it’s his thick rich accent…
One man,
Has a family to care,
heart of gold.
Bills to pay,
feeling full.
Yet he’s considered an alien, but he’s the same.
He’s a hard working man, he is…
But he sees the news
He sees separation of families
Because of racism, the monstrous president.
That ensures we are all white.
He is on his feet for long hard hours,
He does the dirty work for them
Yet this country considers him an outcast...
Thank you.
Thank you to the man I see...
I’m sorry for the disgraces you have to see...
© Jill P., Highland Village, TX
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This poem is about a father who works hard for his family but isn't treated the same because he is an illegal immigrant working in the United States. He is discriminated by the country he lives in even though he's the same as the rest of us.