Between Your and You're

Back home he was somebody's son
A brother and a lover and a friend
Out here he's an alien invader
A hopeless chameleon

Once a scholar she gained an education
But migration's made that paper null and void
Forced to flee from a violent situation
Now she scrubs crust from the toilets of your neighbor down the road

Brutality scratching from behind you
Ahead the mirage of blue men prowling on the hunt
What would you do if you weren't wanted?
A slow-burn paranoia between two hells you confront

Your home!
Would you leave it?
You're home!
But still mistreated
Go home!
The demand's repeated
Between your and you're is an anxious state
Where here and there share equal hate

The subtle stench of proxy war and genocide
Of corruption and disaster and of death
Permeates the air of these new ones
In search of a less putrid breath

Is it worth the boat, the fence, the hurt?
Is the hardship worth the scorn?
In the midst of a do-or-die crisis
Would it matter
Should it matter where you were born?

Straddling an invisible line between yesterday and tomorrow

All you own in a plastic bag
Eyes faced forward, Family on you back
Clambering toward a life unknown

Begging, Crying
Praying, Fighting
Swimming, Climbing
Hoping, Dying
For a home that lasts