Immigrants
We share the same genes.
We breathe the same air.
Under the same sun
The same stars light our nights.
We breathe the same air.
Our bodies are water.
Our cells are protein.
Our dreams are shared.
Our dreams we share.
We breathe the same air.
We stand on the same ground.
We eat the same food.
Our spirits dream.
Our dreams are of love.
Our dreams are of happiness.
Our dreams are of safety.
We breathe the same air.
Our bodies are water.
Our cells are protein.
Our dreams are shared.
Our dreams we share.
We breathe the same air.
Opher August 24th 2025
I wrote this in response to Trump and Farage’s scapegoating of immigrants. I believe they are jumping on a populist theme, stirring up fear, exploiting xenophobia and racism and drumming up a hollow patriotism.
I despise them.
We need immigrants. We ALL stem from immigrants. In the past our ancestors roamed and sought new havens.
No. They are not all rapists, murderers and gang thugs. They pick our crops. They treat us when we are sick, tend to our wounds, operate on our cancers and cure our diseases. They unblock our toilets, care for our elderly and cook our food. They do the work we can’t or don’t want to do. They have families to support and ambitions to address. They are fleeing war, torture, repression and starvation.They seek a better future for themselves and families. They want to live. They are just like us.
As I see the flag-waving thugs outside the hotels I despair. Where is our empathy? Where is our compassion? Where is the spirit that makes the British special?
There is too much immigration. That may well be true.
They are not integrating. That may be true.
Some of them are undesirable. That may be true.
The answers to these problems are not callous thuggery. It’s complex.
These people did not start the wars. They did not cause the global warming. They are not responsible for the gross inequality that causes mass poverty and starvation.
They are victims. They are people just like us. We breathe the same air. Our bodies feel. We share similar dreams.
