It is not safe to be me

Don't say where you are from,
he told me.
It's not safe.
Disguise your identity.
Hide.

I don't want to hide
I don't want to live under a disguise
I want to be me.
I cannot change my past.

Don't say where you are from,
he told me.
Why didn't he say
I love you
I've missed you
I want to dance with you
I want to hug you.

It is not safe to be me,
there is a war going on,
people are bombing each other,
people are dying,
people are being deported from their homes...

but I just want to love you again.