Beyond the red brick of ellis island where the two slovak children who became my grandparents waited the long days of quarantine, after leaving the sickness, the old empires of europe, a circle line ship slips easily on its way to the island of the tall woman, green as dreams of forests and meadows waiting for those who'd worked a thousand years yet never owned their own. like millions of others, i too come to this island, nine decades the answerer of dreams. —"ellis island," joseph bruchac which text in the poem supports the theme “america was a land of possibility for many”? the two slovak children who became my grandparents this island, nine decades the answerer of dreams. a circle line ship slips easily on its way to the island the long days of quarantine