My parents raised me and my siblings in an armor of advice, an ocean of alarm bells so someone wouldn't steal the breath from our lungs, so that they wouldn't make a memory of this skin.
Orang tuaku membesarkanku dan saudaraku dalam benteng nasehat, lautan peringatan supaya tak seorangpun akan mencuri nafas kami, supaya mereka tak mengingat warna kulit ini.