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Manila Station
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Yabe
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It was my first Christmas without a Christmas tree It was my first Christmas where I stood outside in nothing but a shirt and shorts It was my first winter with my extended family I spent the New Year?s Eve watching fireworks burst not even 10 yards away from me And no, I?m not talking about those small sparklers you can get around New Year?s time The loud ones?the kind that echoes in-between each ear?I swear?how could my baby cousin smile? How was it that I could laugh in front of these booming, deafening shockwaves and all these bright blinding lights? A train?a train incoming, the sound of the rails, metal screeching and scratching against metal A destination that seemed to go somewhere unviewable in the distance, a scene that felt so special Like that scene in Spirited Away, an image stuck in my mental Well, I boarded that train, going one line, going one path Which made me think?Did I have a choice? Do I have to leave everything behind, everything I have? I wake up and my stop is in the United States of America I get off the train, and I?m supposed to be in a paradise with infinite opportunities, countless possibilities, limitless areas But I get a little selfish Instead, I feel a hole where the closeness of my grandparents, aunts, uncles ,cousins, and childhood friends used to be, wondering whose else?s arms I miss being held in But I was only 1 year old, what could I possibly remember? With every memory that relapses, I feel a new splinter A piece of my home stuck in my body, even when I try to remove them, they reenter Well, it turns out there are more just like me Same skin tone, different shades but all the same Different names but familiar faces Some family left behind, Some family stayin? Some language barriers, Some children with trouble playin? Some children who can?t make friends, some who thought they were just waiting Waiting to go home, waiting and waiting Some who think they need to fix their accent, some who feel it?s their parents they?re shaming Some who get so much pressure from parents, they feel like they?re failing The worst part is that I don?t find myself relating My family treats me with so much love that I get confused when I hear others complaining I ask how it?s possible that your own parents are the ones you?re hating Sometimes I wish I could take your place so I would know the pain So I wouldn?t have to watch you suffer over and over as your anxiety overtakes You feel like you can?t succeed unless the numbers are higher than the highest plane And you feel like you got on the wrong train But you?re thankful You?re still thankful for what God?s given you You?re thankful for the friends who are there where other people should be And that?s what you call your family See, I don?t know my next destination I don?t know where this new train is taking me But I know I?ll be okay
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