Care about us when we are still alive

March 2021
Someone in pain pushed their trauma through a trigger
Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Hyun Jung Grant, Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels, Elcias R Hernandez-Ortiz, Soon Chung Park, Suncha Kim, Yong Ae Yue died

My former best friend of 15 years
Didn’t say a word
I gave her space
I gave her understanding
I gave her grace
I gave her time

I finally asked her why
She had the audacity to turn the question back to me
“Do you think you can be friends with people who are not Asian?”

The fucking caucasity

I looked at our friendship in heartbreak because I don’t know how to explain to her that
I
Feel
Pain

January 2022
Someone in pain pushed their trauma through their hands
Onto an Asian woman standing on a subway platform
Michelle Go died

February 2022
Someone in pain pushed their trauma through a door
Into the apartment of an Asian woman going to her home
Christina Yuna Lee died

I look at the world in heartbreak because I don’t know how to ask you to
Care
About
Us
When
We
Are
Still
Alive