Page 18 - CPS Chronicle - Issue 22

Shooq Salim Massoud Alalwi S

I was in the fourth grade, we came back from traveling and I was eager T

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to meet my friend and tell her about my vacation and how I spent it. I D
had so much to say, but I received the news… E

she died. The news hit me like a thunderbolt. I was shocked. I was too N

young. T

Then, I went back to school as if nothing happened. My friend asked me S

about her. At that moment, it truly hit me, I lost my best friend! My W

parents told me: R

“life does not depend on a person, no one can stay forever. I
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So, we have to treat people in a way that we are satisfied with I

when they die.” N

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I was severely depressed and my days were empty, I started to love the S

dark. When I was alone, I felt as if my boat had broken and sank. The S

long river in the middle was a painful feeling. So, I went back to writing T

again. U

I matured then, despite my young age. I can’t forget, but I will continue D

to live. In the end, if I am lost, I can still learn to win. I am stronger now. N
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I believe that life is like a river and the boat is the extent of your

determination and strength to reach the goal. If you have no will, the T

boat punctures and sinks. So, we have to never give up. S

I will never stop writing again, because it is my comfort and distance W

from the harmful world. My real world lies between my pen and my R

book. I will go to where my dreams take me, and one day I will become I

what I wish to be. T
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