We build walls
where there used to be doors
This is the consequence
of so many wars
The hardening,
anything soft hidden in drawers
Love written in letters
underneath carpeted floors
Bad things don’t happen in threes,
they happen in fours
When destiny abandons you
washes you up on shore
It’s dangerous outside
so stay indoors
Until the fight is over
and peace restores.
- Katarina Bučić
I grew up in Canada and our safety seemed like a right, but I know now it was a privilege. War goes on for far longer than when it is declared over. The people of Croatia carry around wounds from battle, some visible, some naked to the eye but carried heavily in the heart. Although this country has overcome much and come a long way since its most recent war you are constantly reminded of the scars of the past. The side effects of war linger on for generations, like a fixed dark cloud. Peace is always the answer, for in war, we all lose.
- Katarina Bučić
