This country, in my humble opinion, is in the middle of a HUGE growing pain. Muscle spasms galore!! Sore spots that will remain sore for some time. Some injuries never healing completely. My, oh, my, Odin!!

Love ya!

Jane

The homeless population down here in San Diego (on the streets downtown) has increased dramatically in the last few months. Why? Seems the illegal immigrants are being forced now to coexist with the homeless. I was born when Dwight D. Eisenhower was commander and chief. And I can tell you that this present administration is the absolute worst I've ever known. Human beings will never save this planet.

Growing is right. I have read that climate change will force mass migration of people from areas sapped of their economic bounty by continual disasters like what are happening in Haiti and running up against defined national borders created by the haves to keep that have-nots in their place. Most of the immigrants that I know dream often of their country of origin and some, who are wealthy enough to not be on the street or in food and water lines, are even going back to their countries in retirement.

Haiti is a proud, black governed French-speaking Caribbean country. It is unfortunate, that like California, it is on a major fault zone. But unlike California, does not have vast natural resources or the educational system that turns out technological genius.

Your poem is a warning and a wake-up to those who would throw up barriers to the influx of new immigrants to North America who has been having immigrants arriving since the late 1500s. It's all about territorial jealousies rather than intellectual acceptance.

Ron

Your words capture the message of the photo with a stirring of feelings, yet they condense it to a level that touches me in a way that only a masterful mind can achieve.