Yeong held me back. “What are you thinking Hye, you can’t just go they will not hesitate to kill
you. I know it pains you to see your students like this, but please Hye let’s go!” he whispered. I
look up to see the soldiers lining the children up ready to shoot. Yeong got up ready to start
running, and I got up as well. As we started to go I hear the first gun fire. I wanted to look, but I
knew I couldn’t. I hear the children crying behind me. I let the tears roll down my face, and
Yeong to comfort me.
Death in every corner
I see everyone dying,
There’s nothing I could do,
I stand there helpless to the ones suffering,
Please forgive me,
You’re in a better place now,
All the pain and suffering will soon fade away,
Everything’s going to be okay the angels say from above,
Hush little ones and don’t cry,
Everything is going to be alright
It’s been a week since we left my hometown, Kaesong. I have tried to call my sister, but the
signal seems to drop all the time. On our way, there have been so many dead bodies on the road
that I got used to the sight of blood. We are almost at our destination to the 38th parallel also