A
bunch of little refugee hearts
awaited us that day. We added colorful patterns
to their daily school out growing days - Saturday, February 28th, Jusoor - Syrians Forward Together (جسور سوريا)
Photo credits : Hanane Tabet
- Child :" I want to draw too, just like you"
- Me
:" but you can’t draw on the walls"
- Child
:"I don't have to draw on the wall, just give me a paper and I’ll draw..
Here, next you.. Just
like you."
Then she stands staring to the wall, I dive through her
eyes and into her mind, putting myself in her place and think:
In fact, we grew up during war, but that didn’t stop us to
dream. We can be whatever we want to be. We will conquer ignorance, we will conquer
helplessness, and we will conquer captivity.
In one corner I stand
dreaming of growing up, getting an education, and graduating.
In another corner, I
stand wondering, within my own imagination, through the seas.
Then I move along
the wall to dream of being that innocent little girl, dressed in pink, smiling
and waving.
I can be free.
I can be happy.
I look again to that
same wall and I dream of being a superhero. A superhero stopping war.
I
want to become like superman,
I want to save my country, and i want to help. And when I do... I will go back
in my memory to the day I was
helpless.. When a drawing on the wall made me believe that one day I can.
Written by Layane Rakka
Leafer since Summer 2014
