Chrysogonus #41 - waiting for a residency permit

waiting for a residency permit  

each is traced

in lined-up binaries

of one and zero

of yes and no

of if ever

or will never

we are in the machine now

each in our timezones

captured waiting

on a timeless line

each day is the same

new hope in the morning

crushed just before bed

some of us seek safety

some wish to live as we love

and some to work

so many reasons

and they have all

been heard before

can we blame

the immigration staff?

is it that they have no feeling ?

that they don’t care?

perhaps they don’t

have the privilege

to feel ?

perhaps they are just

doing their jobs……