1.5 The Sacrifice

You would have thought,
that those who left,
Were of the marginal kind.
Those who had little to sacrifice for.
It was not so.

Did you ever heard,
That In the west,
There were indian taxi drivers,
With medical degrees?

University Professors from a foreign land,
Who worked in restaurants, washing dishes?

The same sacrifice were made for us.
It was all for the future generations,
To bring us to the west,
To grant us freedom,
On the condition that our parents,
Gives up the prestige of their previous profession,
And to accept a low level, low paying job.
It was all, really for us, for the children.

In return, the children too,
Must make sacrifices.
While other children were out,
Playing after school,
Watching television,
Doing homework,
We toiled away,
Helping our mother and father,
In our part-time jobs they've created for us.