my gaijin face branded me an outsider
every second of every minute of every hour of every day
and yet it was there
I felt the embrace of home
and wanted to stay.
Instead I flew away
back to this place of my birth.
I am unremarkable here, forgettable here,
another face in the crowd here,
but I do not feel at home here.
Here the willful hatred of so many erodes me more each day
And I wonder how hollow my soul will be
by the time I can
return to Japan
with my gaijin face.
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