Liberty's Sensation

 

By Amanda Gloth

Stories and tales being passed over the seas

They reached my ears in my homeland of green

A promising life in this New England behold

The freedom is of abundance in this land I am told

We pack up our belonging, my husband and me

And embarked on a long journey across the sea

It was a tiring voyage, but we made it there safe

Free from the toils and worry of our last state

Many others had the same ideas as us

Fore when we reached New York there was a lot of immigrant fuss

We were required to pass inspections and tests

It took some time, but we were moved through and could finally rest

As healthy as we were this new land took its tolle

Searching for jobs and a place to live wearied our souls

It was a long and difficult task, but it worked out in the end

The only thing now was of nativism around the bend

As free as we were there were still expectations

But we overcame them to discover liberty was such a sweet sensation