Our American Creed
Summary
I decided to make my poem about my parents and what it took for them to come here. How they see us (my siblings and I) as Pakistani Americans and their perspective on America and what it holds for us.
The journey to America
A trip filled with tears of joy and happiness
Knowing you’ll leave many behind
Knowing it's the beginning of something great
Knowing that your children will pride themselves of being Americans
Laugh at you for the funny ways you pronounce words and correct you on your silly mistakes
Knowing little about what it took to create this future for them
All the hard work it took
Tears
Pain
Sleepless nights
Just so they wouldn’t have to deal with the struggles that were left behind
Finally in America
The honor of being on US soil
Where education is prevent and valued
Where dreams turn into reality
Where your children can be whoever they want to be and voice whatever they please
A land where your children may run freely feeling every last stride of the beautiful breeze
You being there to pick them up when they fall
Reassuring them of the vast future that is yet to come
Reminding them of who they are and the treasures of home
The royalty that their ancestors carried and the pride that runs through their veins
Looking for their siblings by their side
Realizing every mountain is climbable and that only you can define something that is yours
But you will always be mine
Coming from two different worlds
Knowing who you are
The culture and heritage associated with your skin
Green and White
The vast opportunities this land has given you
Red, Blue, and White
Okemos High School American Literature with Mrs. Reed
Students in American Literature in Mrs. Reed's courses