The Man From Who Knows Where Poem by Francis Duggan

He too must have a home place in the big world out there
But he seems like lost ship in vast ocean the man from who knows where
In this big city of many cultures a multicultural place
He does not seem to blend well one of a minority race
A migrant of a minority race where his nationality are few
Looked on by the majority races as one among them strange and new
To be treated with suspicion as not one of their own
Although they tolerate him to him they wish to remain unknown
He came to this great country as a boat refugee
Spent three years in detention confined to abject misery
Without friends or a community he does not speak the country's language well
A young man who knows about fear and life in earthly hell
Yes when one talks of earthly hell he is one who has lived there
And a stranger among strangers is the man from who knows where.