「The Falling Stars」

A land east of the pacific
Crossing the oceans slow and steady
Land that spans towards the atlantic
Leaving everything behind, not sure if ready

They say this land is for the freed
They say this land is full of liberty
That it doesn't discriminate by ethnicity
That it is a unifying creed

"Back home", is a place I no longer belong
No longer welcomed, "race traitors" like me
Yet here, I can't find the home that I longed...
for; it's vast enough for both you and me

Embarcing the Fifty Stars
My birthplace is somewhere afar
Stuggling as if fighting through wars
I plead for help, I'm on my knee
Yet being told "Get out of my country!"

No place to call home
No refuge for those like me
In between empires of cruelty
Always trying to rule over me

Where do I go?
No place to go
In a sea of thieves
Who will be the hero?

My heart is full of snow
Leaving no place for me to grow
Trying to lay low
As if I'm on death-row

Still remember Guǎngzhōu
Still remember that day's rainbow
From memory long ago
It's a place I can no longer go
They treat me like a criminal

Where do I go?
No place to go
Still remember my NYC Borough
In my youth, enjoying the Snow

"The Falling Stars" was chosen as the title because it was supposed to be about the decline of democracy, but I got a bit too emotional and went off on a tangent about me getting rejected by this country, as evident by the 2024 Presidential Election reflecting on the US's sentinment on immigration and the rising xenophobia.

edit: fixed typos

Nice one! It's much more interesting to hear your personal story than another poem about the fall of democracy - and by the sounds of it, your own story is plenty interesting enough as for the subject of the fall of civilizations is concerned. Lean into it!

I'm sometimes a little thrown off by words that almost rhyme but not quite (at least in the accent of my internal monologue). Which is fine, as I don't think the rhymes are strictly necessary anyway - I would love to see more playing around with different types of alliterations, assonances or whatnot. :)

But I really like it, it's super personal and hints at a lot beneath the surface.