The Sacrifice for Hope

Luca Shin
1 min readDec 4, 2020
Photo by Kristina Tripkovic on Unsplash

I came from a place,

Of terror and war

The screaming and punching guns

In a constant destroying race

I came to seek freedom

In places afar

I lost my past

My future and my present

Now I am here,

Lying still in my bed

Wondering and thinking,

To joy am I near?

But here I have hope,

Safety and support

Yet something, I lost

It used to be close, but now is remote

I am not what I used to be,

My presence goes unnoticed

A bowl of food or a bottle of water

Can never present my name to me

Where I am, is not paradise,

It is simply not hell

I start to question,

Happy am I twice?

I came to a place

Of safety and hope

The sacrifice I made

Was my name and my face.

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Luca Shin

Founder of Korean learning website Hangul Beuja. Subscribe to my newsletter at https://hangulbeuja.ck.page