BackPack Challenge 2018

A lone

Alone, she stands. Hands quivering, legs shaking. It was a feeling she was becoming progressively more accustomed to lately. Before her stands the crushed remnants of a destroyed and shattered community, a city of broken dreams. And yet, the alternate seemed equally unbearable. Trapped between two realities, feeling endangered here but fearing the brutal events abroad. She’d heard the stories, “Illegal Immigrants Not Welcome!” “STOP THE BOATS!” Maybe this is what she was born into. Maybe she was destined to be treated like this. So, too scared of the present but holding more worries of the future, she retracted into her shell. Hands quivering, legs shaking. Alone, she stands, forever.

By Kurt Grgic Year 12