{"id":187,"date":"2022-09-12T12:24:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T19:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/?post_type=writing&#038;p=187"},"modified":"2022-10-08T11:19:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T18:19:42","slug":"uncertain-borders","status":"publish","type":"writing","link":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/writing\/uncertain-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Uncertain Borders&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day my court date came, six years ago, was just <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">that, The ending in the joint, where I served my time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new phase of life where my freedom began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was a hostage in my own <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">skin. A ghost; invisible with <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">no voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was a living sin; not being able to win <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With zero cash and no identity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh lord is this my destiny!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Undocumented and <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">underpaid Education was so <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">hard to obtain Working 2 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">jobs and afraid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trying to break the poverty chain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kicked out of a country I <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">belonged My boss showed up <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ready to fight Asked the judge <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">if she could adopt As a way for <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">me to uncross<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The border that I crossed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNi de aqui Ni de alla\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I never felt I really <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">belonged. A paper that <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">changed my life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally obtained freedom and beyond!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My parents planted a <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">seed For their daughter to <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">succeed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obtaining a career was their biggest <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">dream Becoming a teacher was <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">extreme<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A certification that will set me <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">free! A life I will live without <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">uncertainty!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":[],"genre":[29,26],"year":[44],"class_list":["post-187","writing","type-writing","status-publish","hentry","genre-poetry","genre-writing","year-44"],"acf":{"contributor":"Lilyana Diaz","bio":"Lilyana Diaz a student who is a first generation student at MiraCosta experienced being an undocumented student and after all the struggles was able to overcome obstacles.","text":"","contributor_page":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writing\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/writing"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=187"},{"taxonomy":"year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dekonstruktr.com\/tidepools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/year?post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}