"...coming to America." excerpt from Inside your Shadow (c) 2024 (full story)
...and the black and white television was difficult to watch. Time was running out as Donald Trump yelled “Make America Great Again” the streets back home seemed to elevate that thing called ‘Crime’ was in everything. The sound of the inhale is screaming and crying. The sound of the exhales is houses boarded up and dilapidated buildings. Gangs took everything. Her father was supposed to come back. She dared not to sleep because she knew they would come. Her eyes were dry. Didn’t want to close her eyes. Yet she knew it wouldn’t make a difference when they came. She could hear her mother through the thin uninsulated walls cradling her baby sister, while she sang those timeless lullabies. She heard the roar of a big truck. A particular roaring she had not heard before. She heard a heavy door opening. Feet heavily stomped on the ground. The door closes, A key goes into the lock. Tears stream down her cheeks. The door swung open. Then a large imposing man stood in the doorway, “...