A new beginning. A fresh start.
I want to draw a line under what’s gone before. To bury those memories, to stifle the screams that fill my imagination and forget the horrors I’ve witnessed.
I’m asking for one little break.
An opportunity to start my life in a new country away from the terrors I have experienced.
I climb into the inflatable boat – no lifejacket, no seat, no one to care if I should disappear. I hunker down and stare at the choppy waves that lap the horizon.
Please just give me a chance.