Dear Yunseo Chung,
I want you to run for as long as you need to,
Because you are caught in a maelstrom,
The likes of which you probably never thought you would be in,
Because you spoke your voice for people that had no voice,
Because your skink looks like mine,
Because you were born in another country like so many of us,
Because this country is turning its back on everything good it was built on--
To show its ugly and distorted face it so desparately wanted to--
Because it's afraid of you.
Because it's afraid of losing itself even though,
We are not the molestors and abusers they are,
Even though we will let them walk in our world with their swords up against us,
Sometimes even showing compassion,
Because most monsters are created,
Not born.
Maybe I should have said Hide Yunseo Chung. Hide.
Rest your wearied body and soul to recharge for another fight,
For another day which you do not deserve,
While others speak at a time when you cannot,
So one day, you can come back into the light.
Rest Yunseo Chung. Rest.
