Yesterday I was illegal
Today I am essential

Yesterday I was a foreign invader
Today I am a savior

Yesterday I was the problem
Today I am the solution

Yesterday I was overlooked
Today I look over you

Yesterday you declined my call
Today I answer yours

Yesterday I was unwanted, denied and turned away
Today I am invited to the front lines

Yesterday you hated me
But today you need me
Today you see me
Today you are me
And I am you
Equalized by the same denominator

But tomorrow you'll divide.
You'll distance yourself from me;
Not by a statewide decree
But by your fears of yesterday

Because yesterday I was illegal
Today I am essential
But tomorrow I'll be forgotten

-George Figueroa

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