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TO EUROPE'S SHORES

from Welcome The Stranger by David Benjamin Blower

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We gathered every penny that we had
Threw all our belongings in a bag
And left the chicken wire camp
On our way to Europa’s shores

We walked the soles off of our shoes
Hungry tired battered and bruised
And we joined the trafficker’s qeues
On our way to Europa’s shores

They crammed us in till we heard the starboard crack
And I said “get me the hell off this death trap”
But they said “cowards won’t be getting their money back”
so we stayed for Europa’s shores

The waves were crashing over the deck
And we hit a rock and everybody leapt
Soon the waters were up to our necks
On our way to Europa’s shores

My husband pulled me out of the boat
And he gave a drowning lady his life-coat
And off into the darkness did we float
On our way to Europa’s shores

Swam as best we could north and west
Till my husband said he needed a rest
And his voice drifted off into the darkness
Until my ears couldn’t hear him anymore

I was pulled onto a boat by a man
Whose language I couldn’t understand
And I stumbled down the plank onto the land
And here I am on Europa’s shores

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from Welcome The Stranger, released May 23, 2016

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David Benjamin Blower: 6-string writer, poet, theologian and podcaster from Birmingham in the UK.

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