Please Remember

Dear America,
For years I've watched as you have grown and developed. I've seen you age and in the process, mature. I've watched you grow and watched your children do the same. I've watched you leave this land, sometimes forever.
Mostly, I've been a witness to your arrival. I've watched you come from other lands, settle and become a stable and productive part of that which was already here. I've looked on as you arrived crossing land and sea for your dreams. I've heard you speak of those dreams and I've seen them written down so that they may not be forgotten. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. My pride swells when I look ahead at the same passage and find those powerful words, "all men are created equal."
I have cried tears of joy when you remember those words so long ago printed carefully into history and with open arms accepted your newly arrived brethren.
I have cried bitter tears of sorrow when you, my dear sweet America, have forgotten those words and the fact that you too arrived looking not only for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but most importantly of equality. I've prayed that you would never again forget that you, America, have been erected on the backs of immigrants just like you and I.
I've watched as you have treated each other and I have stood, tall and strong for one hundred and twenty years hoping to remind you, that even I which by so many have been considered a symbol of freedom, just like your flag and country, I too, crossed the sea in hopes of being an everlasting reminder to you, my America, that we have all left our land for a better future. I hope to proudly stand as a guide and beacon to you that we all arrive and depart, the only thing we leave behind is the way in which we treated our fellow man.
Love,
Lady Liberty

I wrote this piece on April 26,2006 as my response to the immigration situation we are currently living in our country.