{"id":1730,"date":"2025-03-04T10:22:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T18:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2025-04-28T16:19:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T23:19:34","slug":"poem-no-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/poem-no-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem: No home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The sun warms my face<br \/>\nI stretch my fingers<br \/>\nWatch the sunlight<br \/>\nDance across my skin<br \/>\nWarm and inviting<br \/>\nIn these moments of calm silence<br \/>\nI think about who I am<br \/>\nWho I was<br \/>\nAnd who I want to be<br \/>\nIncreasingly so, I think about my privileges<br \/>\nMy thoughts keep circling back<br \/>\nTo the fear in people\u2019s hearts<br \/>\nOf their homes being ransacked<br \/>\nOf being banished<br \/>\nThey say they are protecting their own<br \/>\nBut what does \u201cown\u201d mean?<br \/>\nLet our legacy be<br \/>\nThat we protected those<br \/>\nWho could not protect themselves<br \/>\nI let the sun warm my face<br \/>\nTake a deep breath<br \/>\nAnd fight another day<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This original poem reflects the author\u2019s sadness witnessing ICE\u2019s role in forcibly removing immigrants, the emotional toll on those affected, and the collective activism needed to protect vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The sun warms my face I stretch my fingers Watch the sunlight Dance across my skin Warm and inviting In these moments of calm silence I think about who I am Who I was And who I want to be Increasingly so, I think about my privileges My thoughts keep circling back To the fear in people\u2019s hearts Of their homes being ransacked Of being banished They say they are protecting their own But what does&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":1731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,17],"tags":[],"media_type_reference":[],"class_list":["post-1730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-race-and-class","category-social-determinants-of-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1730"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1759,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions\/1759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1730"},{"taxonomy":"media_type_reference","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type_reference?post=1730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}