ENEM 2023 — Questão 3

We carry tears in our eyes: good-bye father, good-bye mother We carry soi in smal bags: may home never fade in our hearts We carry carnage of mining. droughts, floods, genocides¹ We carry dust of our families and neighbors incinerated in mushroom clouds² We carry our islands sinking under the sea³ We carry our hands, feet, bones, hearts and best minds for a new life We carry diplomas: medicine, engineer, nurse, education, math, poetry, even if they mean nothing to the other shore⁴ We carry railroads, plantations, laundromats. bodegas, taco trucks, farms, factories, nursing homes, hospitals, schools, temples… built on our ancestors’ backs We carry old homes along the spine, new dreams in our chests We carry yesterday, today and tomorrow We’re orphans of the wars forced upon us We’re refugees of the sea rising from industrial wastes And we carry our mother tongues⁵ \[…\] As we drift… in our rubber boats… from shore… to shore…⁶

1. 1“carnage of mining. droughts, floods, genocides” — Causas diferentes de fuga, lado a lado.
2. 2“incinerated in mushroom clouds” — Outra origem: vítimas de bomba atômica.
3. 3“our islands sinking under the sea” — Refugiados do clima: só um dos casos (C).
4. 4“even if they mean nothing to the other shore” — Os diplomas já existem; não há defesa de capacitação (E).
5. 5“And we carry our mother tongues” — Línguas diferentes: mais pluralidade.
6. 6“from shore… to shore…” — A travessia que reúne todas essas histórias.