Swept by the tides away from shore
Swept to a place unrest and storm
As I look around I see others
Others with smiles colder than the sea
Others with words harsher than the waves
Others that tore my identity awayI find myself looking for a rope to hold on to
I look for my country
I'm cast for being the minority
I look outside it
And I am a foreigner
One that needs their religion to be tornI search for a way to float helplessly
For hands to pull me aboveYet instead
Tides held me down
I look for family
To see a time I have no family
Nor siblings there with meI look for help from people
They laugh and tell me to ask the one I worship
As I am pushed further inI ask ones from my country
They say I deserve it as I wasn't a believer of theirsThey tell me to join the ones I believe in
I look at the ones that share many things with me
But the bridge formed by politics seem to cage me awayA child of man
Hated by many
Searching for people
Ones that will care for me
And in doing so I conceal
I become one without identityI conceal every fact about me
I am hidden behind screens
Silent about the details
Afraid of facing the world
As I have a marker I can never hide outside
I allow the waves to ring
December 15th, 2018