The white man is not my savior; surely I will be silenced in my own family
He forces me to take his white name and pretend to be white
He takes me to church on Sundays, Wednesdays
strips me of my Korean heritage
He leads me on a journey of denial
Yea though I walk through the valley of assimilation
I fear death in my isolation
He blesses me with white privilege
only to take it away like a thief in the night
Surely I can’t pass as white eternally
for my olive flesh, almond-shaped eyes
shall follow me all the days of my life
and I will dwell in my yellow body
with my white name forever.