Refugees

A flood of refugees

suffering families fleeing their homes.

European politicians acting as referees

meanwhile my countrymen are throwing stones.

I am an expatriate

and a proud patriot,

but seeing a Finnish man 

dressed as Ku Klux Klan

in the international news
blows my fuse

and throws me into a refugee's shoes.

I don't know the solution 

the European politicians, elected to decide

are still struggling with simple air pollution

and trying to choose the right side.

They talk about the costs -

As if tormented humans were moths,

how most economically to eradicate

or fairly allocate.

They supposedly have access to all facts

so I forgive my own ignorance.

We still cannot turn our backs

or prop up fences of defense.

Political history leaves deep tracks.

It tears me apart

but here's what I know in my heart:

We humans do not ignore suffering

we do not ignore a person hungering

we humans do not let people die

and we do not turn our backs on a baby's cry.