Personal Platform: ‘Lines on Maps’.
Consider the history of the world
Imagine how things would be if it didn’t matter if you were a boy and I was a girl
Imagine how it would feel if noone cared if I was African or you were Asian, the only thing that mattered was that we were Homosapiens
It seems idealistic at best
To imagine a world deeper than the colour of your chest
Or the colour of your nation’s flag that you wear on your vest
Actually maybe not when you consider what makes a country
You draw a line on a map
Declare yourself a King Tell the members of this “nation,” they’re citizens and so are their offspring
And suddenly there’s hating and hate speech outwardly and in the streets
The nationalism starts to rise and people hate others with pride
And yes I know developing countries is more complicated than maps
But then remember Israel’s made of extracts of other country’s lines on
Maps In the Western World today
Immigration as a word is detested and makes people afraid
They think their world is being invaded
Describing the foreigners as benefits-seeking aliens
But we have a duty as members of this Earth to help where we can before we’re buried in the dirt
But maybe some forget they get lost in the lines
Immigration’s not a curse it’s the mixing of lives
With the culture
The experiences
The food
All giving rise to a multinational mood
An atmosphere of love and understanding
The culmination of humanity
Beyond the lines on maps.
There is something amiss about immigration in this country
Asylum
The same word used for mental institutions describes the escape of a persecuted human from their home
Do we think they’re crazy for trying to be safe?
Some would say they’re lazy here to live off the benefits
Well Consider this
If we shut our borders
And we tell them no
To stay within their lines
You’re not welcome here
Then they’re alone
Now they have no choice
Without our help
They have no voice
How can we say we stand for equality
If we sit in the face of inhumanity
It’s ironic if you think about it closely
England, the land of God and Morality,
The origins of colonisation,
Doesn’t think it has a responsibility
To help support other nations.