Caribbean Laments- poetry from Jamaica
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Caribbean Laments
Great, big U.S.A,
What have you done
To my children?
You courted them
With opportunities,
You offered them
Wealth,
Technology,
Jobs,
And a better way of life,
"The sky is the limit "you told them,
"I am the land of opportunities,"
You said, so you took them in.
Caribbean hope
You took my best,
My brightest,
My most ambitious,
You offered them
What they believed
I could not give,
You took my athletes,
My scholars and my professionals,
Yet you forsook them in their times
Of most distress and greatest need.
Caribbean Ambitions unrealised
You work ed them,You spurn them,
You coveted them for their ambition,
You took what they
Had to offer,
And gave very little in return,
You were so surprised to find
Embedded in these my people
So much, to make you great.
Loss of Hope in individuals. Who cannot return home
Caribbean expatriates dilemma
They have lost their zeal,
Their desire for a better tomorrow.
They have become destitute,
And pray they could return,
To my loving arms again,
But free ride
Is not your style for free men?
Only for criminals and murderers,
I know I could have loved
them better,
Or even the same,
Great, Big! U.S.A.
What have you done
To my Children?
Caribbean prodigals come home
August 2002. Written after visiting Brooklyn New York and saw how a number of West Indian Blacks Live.
The U. S.A. now deports West Indians especially Jamaicans who have ran foul Her laws.