Refugee Comments

Well done. This is in stark contrast to some of your other poems on the subject. I like that you presented a different perspective and empathized with the refugee experience in an inderstated way, which is probably what a father must do the help his family. Hopefully, such an approach reminds the reader that these are regular people just like the rest of us, but in a really dark place and in need of a hand. Thanks.

I wrote this from the point of view of a father because I am a father. I tried to imagine going through an ordeal like being a refugee, the father trying to be strong and calm. The language of the poem is intentionally understated.