“The White Shore” by Defiance, Ohio [via]
I will not condemn what anyone did to survive / but I will not defend a culture that makes us decide / to assimilate or die / or that defines survival as / running as fast as you can from the places you came from / forgetting the things that have made you / until all that is left is the burning in your lungs or / the pounding in your heart that only has space for / contempt for the ones who couldn’t quite make it.
