Before it gets dark
My country is slowly dying. At this point the whole world knows it, and we, the civilians are watching it die. I want to speak for my entire generation and say, that it has been a disgusting pleasure to watch our country burn in flames of hatred and division, along with our precious future here, as we turned into young adults. This past 17 years have been a real life lesson for us and our families, and an every-day challenge to survive, that’s for sure. If anyone asks me what effects has this experience had on myself, I would tell them that undoubtedly living all this has moulded me, it has become a part of who I am - whether I like it or not -, it has defined my way of understanding the world, and of course, it has made me develop a series of tactical moves to help me solve the problems that may appear in life. -Tough life, tough skin. It was not enough for God to put me in a country where I didn’t really fit in, oh no, it had to be also a hostile environment, a place wh...