This place terrified me. I didn’t want to open my eyes. Pain. Why do we cross borders? If borders make me sick to my stomach, then why did we have to cross? The moment I reached the beginning of the border my heart raced and skipped a beat. I had to get on one of …
There was no escape. You knew this. And yet you still clung to the last strands of hope that tied your sanity together. Smoke. Piling into the tent; choking down your screams, eating away your words. Terrified, you run for the exit. Fire. You knew this was coming, you heard their plans and yet it …
Border. Noun. A line separating two countries, administrative divisions or other areas. Similar: boundary, partition. Border. Hope. An endpoint, a goal, a danger, a beacon in a sea of destruction. Similar: last resort, best chance of survival. Society is split into two. Those who have everything; those who have nothing. Those who want; those who …
I lived dangerously close to the border, so close you could hear what was going on over the the other side. As a child, I didn’t have a clue about what was actually going on over the other side. After school, everyday, I would sneak over to the wall, and sit silently waiting for the …
When the bombing began, it was a silent night, and everyone was terrified for their lives. No one in my family dared to say anything, stunned into stillness as explosions and screams erupted beyond our shelter. We were all expecting this, as disagreements between the leaders of both countries came to a standstill and were …
When everything happened, I was living in Ohio. The deafening boom that alerted us of the impending calamity, the frantic rushing on the flooring, the shouting and screaming… I remember it vividly; I was determined to live. That was what I was thinking. Survival. However, I needed to act quickly. As time ticked away and …
I was sitting on my bed when I heard an audible ‘BANG!’ from outside. I unlocked my phone, terrified, to find a bomb warning in my vicinity! I peered out my window and saw all the debris flying around; the calamity had just barely avoided me. I gathered my essentials: a couple sets of clothes, …
Threats to my country, Iraq, have been increasing, but I never anticipated to be forced to flee my home. evenings of dreams gradually transformed to evenings of horror, as threats to inflict pain on us grew closer. I didn’t understand since I was a youngster who should have been surrounded by toys, not firearms. My …
Wisbech is where I grew up. It was lovely, serene, and everything was in order. That is, until it happened. It all began on July 22nd, when four army trucks passed through our village. We felt this was strange because our town was in the rural and had few visitors. They returned the next day, …
November 2024… Munich Germany Shattered but not Broken Something unbelievable occurred last night. For the first time, my small town of Munich was bombarded. We were about to go to bed when we heard a tremendous commotion coming from the other road. My mother hurried us out the back door, where a gathering of kids …
