Asylum seekers’ fears
Gathering storms of uncertainty frighten them as they assemble at the border of prolonged wait for frequently fast unjust decision.
At the frozen glacier of complex asylum system, they breathe flickering fire.
Their immigration status cause constant panic and fear.
Minute-by-minute they are petrified by their predicament.
Night is naught as it brings no hope of heroism.
Instead nightmares terrify these sleepless asylum seekers.
Possible detention propel nervousness as they become scared of being locked like foreign criminals.
They pray unceasingly for the removal flights to be cancelled because they are deeply horrified to return to their homelands.
They are frightened by prospects of poisonous prisons where vast hell cannot endure human rights abuses.
Honestly, sanctuary seeking is a journey littered with endless trepidation.
My name is Handsen Chikowore and I am a 35 year old refugee from Zimbabwe. I was an asylum seeker for five years before I was granted refugee status. I’m a poet and I use my writing to educate and inform people. I believe that through poetry people will understand what asylum seekers experience from the home country right to the host country.
