Shame On U.S.

 

I can't help but be ashamed we haven't done our part

Taking in more refugees from wars they didn't start.

People fleeing terrorism, bombings, drone-strikes - death.

U.S. should be helping more...  I wouldn't hold my breath.

Even though the chaos in the region can be traced

Back to wars we started, that's a fact we haven't faced.

We have a responsibility.  Don't like it? Tough.

Yes we send a lot of AID but that is not enough.

Less than fifteen hundred refugees accepted here.

Europe's seen 360,000 just this year.

U.S. must take its fair share of desperate people, too.

Short of war - again - it is the least that we can do.

No Room At The Inn... Still?

Half of Syria's "displaced" - 4 million refugees -

Overwhelming efforts by our relief agencies

To give food or shelter; offer help of any kind.

Countries who will take more in are getting hard to find.

There's no place to put them all but overcrowded camps,

In a leaky tent and suffering from hunger cramps,

But those are the lucky ones 'cause they survived the trip;

Slipping out before ISIL can catch them in its grip...

They got past the traffickers who'd sell them off as slaves,

Weren't among the many drowned - an ocean for their graves.

Lucky them.  I bet they're thrilled to make it out alive

Only to be turned away the moment they arrive.