Hope Under Duress: A Ban On Refugees Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

A blanket covers the heart of hope
An illegitimate act to suppress peace
A ban on refugees is a stab in the heart of hope
A violent attack on the brightest star in our sky

Hope twitches with the pain of grief
Holding off tears of sorrow
Hope is under immeasurable duress
Suffocating under the hand of terror
Overcome by the new found hate

Hopeless souls litter the streets
Determined to buy back their hope
With their protesting voices
And their matching songs
Hope has been evicted by baseless orders
Coming from high up the command post
The poisoned center of power