Places by Leah Marie Park (15, Korea)

[Content warning: brief mention of abuse]

as the waves of the sea crash lightly on the shore
the glittering stars above light up the midnight sky
looking for a place where they truly belong 
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places where populations are
displaced by a hurricane
and they have nowhere to go

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where a refugee is living without a 
homeland
humiliated by deprivation 
haunted by the fear of persecution

where a girl is packing her bags 
frantically as she prepares to flee her childhood home
because she cannot endure the abuse any longer
because no home is better than a broken home

and there will be places
where masses of masses
of innocent human beings
lay still and unmoving
as terrorists rule the night

there are places
we do not yet know of
places of displacement that 
will remain 
shrouded in mystery.

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