Life felt dark as an international researcher in the U.S., but I'm finding hope

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• > Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

  > With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

  > Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch,

  > whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles.

  > From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome;

  > her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

  > “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips.

  > “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

  > The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

  > I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

  -The New Colossus (1883) by American poet Emma Lazarus Found at the foot of the Statue of Liberty, NYC.

  solyin 17m ago