Foreign Lands
A poetic musing by Anna Garleff
Written by Anna Garleff for Seeking Veritas on Substack as part of our collaborative partnership with GCCG
Isn’t everyone a foreigner crossing through a foreign land trying to get their bearings while trudging through the sand Isn’t everyone a stranger to the people that they meet reaching for connection with head or heart or feet Isn’t everyone just wishing for a spark of commonality say I’m not invisible that you’re not afraid of me Isn’t it the envelope that I’m packaged in signalling my virtues and blaming me for sin Isn’t it against the odds but convince you now I must looking for compassion searching for the just Isn’t everyone a foreigner crossing through a foreign land destination vast unknown until we join our hands
About the Author: Anna Garleff is an Organizational Psychologist; she provides C-Suite Executive Coaching around the world focusing on scaling up and leading diverse teams through Garleff Coaching & Consulting Group. She has been a ghostwriter for KPMG, Deloitte and PwC; and a former Director of the Open University (UK) operations in Germany.
You can contact Anna at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/garleff-coaching-consulting-group/
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The human condition throughout the ages, longing for connection. A beautiful, potent, and deeply touching poem that spoke to my soul.
Beautiful! Anna, I did not know you wrote poetry. I loved the simplicity and grace of this poem and its view of the immigrant experience, but what else should I expect of a serial immigrant.