I am so grateful about my life and my past as it made me the person that I am today but this is what I wrote a couple of years ago to express how I felt about my life as an immigrant:
I wish you knew how it felt
I wish you knew how it felt
To have to leave your country
Missing grandmother’s hugs
And Grandpa's wrinkled hands
I wish you knew how it felt
I wish you knew how it felt
To have to fear your life
Up all night wondering why
The tears on your mothers face
Following you day and night
I don't wish you would see war
Hiding behind a thin wall
Seeing terror on people's faces
Sirens and smoke in one
The neighbors house is now gone
I wish you knew how it felt
To leave everything behind
Kissing goodbye your loved ones
Return not at all in sight
Tonight my heart is just sad
I wish you knew how it felt
To look for a new home
Not fitting in anywhere
Nightmares of a past life
Following you everywhere
~ Shokouh H.
