светлина - The Anglo-American School of Sofia

Palmarum
Leona Re
Birds flew over my head, headed to the sea from the city. I wish
I could fly as well, so that I could be free like them, just leave everything
behind and go wherever I want to. I followed the birds’ path with
my eyes and noticed a tiny harbor.
Photograph
I yearned to look back one last time, but I restrained myself.
I had gotten this far, I had followed my dream of coming here and I
wasn’t going to ruin it. I had gotten out while my parents remained
ignorant. I was going to finish everything on my bucket list; I was going
to prove to my parents that I could do this no matter how much
“trouble” I caused. I looked at the picture on my phone and smiled at
Mercedés. My future was limitless. I held my phone over my head,
capturing the everlasting sea and my raised face, then I texted her the
picture with the words, “Thank you.”
This was only the beginning.
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