Asylum Roads

Andy Mersdon has penned some inspiring words – Asylum Roads – to be sung to the tune of what he calls the annoyingly catchy tune ‘Country Roads’ by John Denver .

It really highlights the plight of refugees risking their lives to a place they long to be …

Almost made it, across this ocean,

One more hardship, here comes the monsoon season.

Children die here, in their mothers arms

Will we find a nation, to stop this awful harm?

If we can’t help in any other way, let’s at least whisper a prayer daily for those on the high seas today leaving everything behind in search of asylum  …  refuge, … freedom.

Ocean breeze, take me there 
To the place, I long to be 
Safe asylum, distant refuge

Take me there
On pure blue seas.

Poetry is my aeroplane

Written in response to a Stanford University prompt to write new words (politically motivated) to an easily recognisable tune.  I have chosen John Denver’s annoyingly catchy tune “Country Roads” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vrEljMfXYo).

Almost made it, across this ocean,

One more hardship, here comes the monsoon season.

Children die here, in their mothers arms

Will we find a nation, to stop this awful harm?

 

Ocean breeze, take me there,

To the place, I long to be.

Safe asylum

Distant refuge, take me there

On pure blue seas.

 

One more shoreline, shines before our eyes

The Christian people will surely grant our lives.

But dark ships stop us and point us back to sea,

Reject our arrival and more horrors we will see.

 

Ocean breeze, take me there,

To the place, I long to be.

Safe asylum

Distant refuge, take me there

On pure blue seas.

 

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