Poetry from Routes

On Friday 17th May at one of our weekly theatre workshops, we all wrote and performed poems about ourselves. Ahead of a summer break in our workshop series, we share two of these poems…

I am romantic and practical at the same time

I wonder why the Home Office is discriminative

I hear the sound of birds singing free

I see a park with a pond and a waterfall

I want to have status and be free

I am romantic and practical at the same time

I pretend I am strong and happy

I feel sad and detained

I touch jasmine and violet

I worry about my future and my family

I cry, oh, I cry about feeling discriminated

I am romantic and practical at the same time

I understand I will win, the truth always wins

I say the light will always overcome the dark

I dream of freedom and meeting my family

I try to fight and fight and keep fighting for my rights and freedom

I hope we all have equality and be free

I am romantic and practical at the same time

I am funny and hospitable

I wonder why there is inequality

I hear my son giggle

I see my husband smile

I want to travel the world

I pretend to be strong within

I feel like skiing

I touch my love’s chest

And I worry about the future

I cry when I am not believed

I am funny and hospitable

I understand life isn’t fair

I thank god we always make a way

I dream I live in a mansion

I try making people happy in my own way

I hope for a better tomorrow

I am funny and hospitable