To See My Daughter Smile…

I want to see my daughter smile — Art reflection by a mother following an attempted suicide inside an immigrant family detention center by a 19-year-old who had learned she was to be deported.

To See My Daughter Smile…

There is so much violence

in my country

Guatemala.

I want to work

to give my daughter

peace

and

safety.

I want to see her play outside

without fear

of someone

assaulting us

and

removing our belongings.

I want to see my daughter smile . . . .

Hermelinda 4-13-16

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