Refugee Is Nothing But A Name

 

This is the victory

That exonerates a refugee

Gives him an identity

Makes him competitive

Gives him leverage

Makes him all the rage

Erases his disgrace

Gives him a face

A state

No more a beast

Of no nation

He pumps his fist

In the face of extradition

He has a new name

He redefines his game

He strips off his shame

Nothing's the same

Once a refugee

Now a citizen

Flaunting a degree

School set him off

On the right track

No longer on the run

Education got his back

This is how he redeems

Himself from a nobody

To a legit somebody

How he rises from the gravel

To the good side of the gavel

How he escapes the pits

And upgrades to status of elite

This is the key

To the city

The pathway to nationality

The portal to coveted future

The thread that sutures

Him to a place of origin

To a point of new beginning

Where he casts away

Rags of an old name

Not for glory or fame

But for equality and a place

Among the human race.

Akpan