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DELAY IS NOT AN OPTION
by Karen Robinson © 2015

I have my family here with me. We have no home, no land
We seek a place to lay our heads. Will you extend your hand?

We flee our native brothers. Gone is everything we’d built
We seek the willing hearts of others. Our hearts blood spilled

All blown away, Torn away by hatred, by creed
Nothing left but life itself, we had to flee
Fled with what we carried. What I carried was my daughter
And I carry hope

We walked overland for mercy. Grandmother sleeping in the cold
My daughter cried in hunger, and I? I could not carry both

But I can, I do, work hard. We have strong hands, fast minds
We’ll build again all the precious, precious things we left behind

So recently we had a home. I cared for my family
Helped my neighbor, raised my son

All blown away, torn away by hatred, by creed
Nothing left but life itself, we had to flee

What did they see? A mass of bodies with no identity?
Without humanity? Can you see? Do you see?
Another place, another time, others crossed the sea
Your people were like mine. This is as your own history

All blown away, torn away by hatred, by creed
Nothing left but life itself, they had to flee

Delay is not an option. I know I’m not convenient
I know we’re not convenient
We know we’re not convenient

But we’re here. We’re here. We ran from fear
Ran toward yet another fear
Fleeing hatred, we‘re so hoping not
To face the same things here

Delay is not an option. I know I’m not convenient
Oh I know we’re not convenient. We know we’re not convenient

I have my family here with me. We have no home, no land
We seek a place to lay our heads
Seek a place to start again
Seek the willing hearts of others
Will you extend your hand?