The Foreigner's Voice

Probably there're still some words,

I haven't yet heard...

Sure enough, my tongue gets lost,

trying to say a word the way you say it.

I say "eveilable", I say "konfidenszl"...

There are so many of you to judge...

Aren't you, who still fears to leave your parents' house?

I filled my mama's heart with pride

And who are you to speak?

Is that jealousy that still talks?

That I am so brave you will never be.

I swam the ocean and learned your world

Do you fear me? Is that why?

Is it shocking, a foreigner climbs your hills so high?

Make no mistake, I pay a high price.

Thank God today you don't know the sacrifice.

I'm always away, I never belong..

My heart is in split, without a true home.

You call it "a choice", "a privilege", "a chance"...

You are not wrong...at the first glance.

A blessing or a curse? The time shall reveal

But today I am alone, and on Christmas I will be.

I work so hard to catch up with you!

What you read once, I read it times two

You may mispronounce. That would make me a fool!

You mimic my accent to be funny and cool?!

You think I am unfriendly? You taught me so well!

You ask for my origin, don't bother about my name.

As multicultural, you proudly whirl and twirl.

Introducing me to others as 'That Polish girl'.