We were prepared to endure.
We were prepared to endure.
But kids imprisoned without their parents?
But kids imprisoned without their parents?
We were kids without parents, imprisoned
but prepared to endure.
This is a suffocating desperation,
This is a suffocating desperation,
trying to live crowded.
trying to live crowded.
This is a trying desperation,
to live crowded, suffocating.
History imprisoned innocence in cages,
History imprisoned innocence in cages,
and the fascist no longer struggle to get out of the water.
and the fascist no longer struggle to get out of the water.
And no longer in cages, the fascist history
that struggled to imprison innocence, gets out of the water.
And history no longer in cages,
the fascists get out of the water.
Imprisoned parents were prepared to endure that,
but to imprison kids innocence
this is a trying desperation.
We struggle to live crowded, without suffocating.
Samuel “Sami” Miranda grew up in the South Bronx and resides in Washington, DC. He is a visual artist, poet, and teacher. His work is heavily influenced by Puerto Rican culture and family history. He is the author of Protection from Erasure, published by Jaded Ibis Press, Departure, a chapbook published by Central Square Press, and We Is, published by Zozobra Publishing. Samuel’s artwork has been exhibited internationally in Puerto Rico and Madrid, as well as New York and Washington, DC. Most recently, Samuel’s artwork has been included in the Smithsonian’s new Molina Family Latino Gallery inaugural exhibition ¡Presente!
