Long Road Home
Names: Abiona (Mother) Born During a Journey Ainose (Father) No one is greater than God
Elo – (Daughter)
The bug crawls across my finger so slowly that I get sleepy watching it’s tiny legs crawl up my arm and onto my dirty dress. I get sleepy a lot anymore, though. Without food, I don’t have much energy. This morning I used a lot of my energy getting water for Mama. The bucket is heavy and my muscles are almost too tiny now to carry it all the way to the house. Opening my sleepy eyes, I see Mama sitting in the corner, cooking a handful of beans over a smoky fire. Good – the smoke will keep the flies away.
She looks tired too. The strangers in village must have worn everyone out. Everyone was talking about them today. Strange …show more content…
By the time we reach the big metal door we stop at, I’m so tired that I just want to go to bed. The door opens outward. Behind it is a grey room with grey walls and a tiny bed with grey sheets. A toilet is in the corner with something Mama called a sink. I’ve only seen one once, when she took me to the doctor the time I had a nasty cough.
I take a step in and the worker shuts the door behind me without a word. A slot opens in the door and a bowl of steaming brown mush and a cup of green juice is placed on a tray on the inside, low enough for me to reach if I stand on the tips of my toes. It’s cold in here, so I grab the bowl and juice and crawl into bed to eat it. I’m just finishing when the lights dim to a low yellow glow. Rolling over, I pull the covers up and write Mama’s name on my wall so she knows I won’t forget her either. Never. Then I go to sleep.
I dream about a dark-haired man walking with m down the road that takes us back to my village. Mama is at the end of it, waving at me with the prettiest smile on her face. Somehow, even though I can’t see them, I know that there are lions in the trees beside us. But I’m not even a little bit afraid, because I know that the man can take care of me. I know that he will take care of
Names: Abiona (Mother) Born During a Journey Ainose (Father) No one is greater than God
Elo – (Daughter)
The bug crawls across my finger so slowly that I get sleepy watching it’s tiny legs crawl up my arm and onto my dirty dress. I get sleepy a lot anymore, though. Without food, I don’t have much energy. This morning I used a lot of my energy getting water for Mama. The bucket is heavy and my muscles are almost too tiny now to carry it all the way to the house. Opening my sleepy eyes, I see Mama sitting in the corner, cooking a handful of beans over a smoky fire. Good – the smoke will keep the flies away.
She looks tired too. The strangers in village must have worn everyone out. Everyone was talking about them today. Strange …show more content…
By the time we reach the big metal door we stop at, I’m so tired that I just want to go to bed. The door opens outward. Behind it is a grey room with grey walls and a tiny bed with grey sheets. A toilet is in the corner with something Mama called a sink. I’ve only seen one once, when she took me to the doctor the time I had a nasty cough.
I take a step in and the worker shuts the door behind me without a word. A slot opens in the door and a bowl of steaming brown mush and a cup of green juice is placed on a tray on the inside, low enough for me to reach if I stand on the tips of my toes. It’s cold in here, so I grab the bowl and juice and crawl into bed to eat it. I’m just finishing when the lights dim to a low yellow glow. Rolling over, I pull the covers up and write Mama’s name on my wall so she knows I won’t forget her either. Never. Then I go to sleep.
I dream about a dark-haired man walking with m down the road that takes us back to my village. Mama is at the end of it, waving at me with the prettiest smile on her face. Somehow, even though I can’t see them, I know that there are lions in the trees beside us. But I’m not even a little bit afraid, because I know that the man can take care of me. I know that he will take care of