*In response to the picture of a Salvadoran father and his daughter washed up on the Rio Grande
Longing for freedom
Just on the other side
Oppression and hopelessness
How deep can the water be
A touch to St Christopher
Thoughts for her, what she can be
Child to carry
Stay and die
Swim and live
Deeper and swifter
Hopes submerged
Freedom illusory
On the other side
A father and his daughter
Drowned side by side