For forty years, I have lived as someone I am not. Tomorrow, I will gamble with death and flee toward the east…
For forty years, I have lived as someone I am not. Tomorrow, I will gamble with death and flee toward the east. Pray Heaven takes pity.
This sea of sand, I hate it still, for it has no boats and a path with no end.
Last night, I dreamt of drums beating in the distance, and my heart beat with them like a long-lost echo. To have been so utterly alone for decades, and then to hear your voice in a dream... the tears came unbidden.
I never forgot you. You never gave up on me. It is the greatest fortune I have.
If I can be lucky enough to escape... If only...