#second generation

have you ever identified a singlular thing you want most in life? as a child of immigrants, i feel constantly starved for a motherland seem a world removed from. this craving is seated in so much of what i pursue throughout each day - in tastes, sounds, media, aesthetics, materiality, knowledge, personal liberation, relationships. i want to breathe its air for the first time. i want its earth beneath my feet. i want the saltwater in my hair. i want the mountains towering above me. i want the language in my mouth. it hurts so bad, how much i want it.