Who am I?88Please respect copyright.PENANAivzdZ5nLXU
This question trills through my mind every second of the day.88Please respect copyright.PENANAv17WgOhmxY
For 23 years of my life, I used to be a follower—a good child to my sensitive family.
I was a husband to my mother and a son to my father—except for the duty of being a daughter to my mother.
I had forgotten my dreams. It felt like sacrificing myself just for my family.88Please respect copyright.PENANAxYnWD1tqH5
But I couldn’t continue down that path, so I decided to choose myself for the first time and try to do something for me.
I came to Germany from a faraway country to study and find myself.88Please respect copyright.PENANAldXewa5zWe
It’s been a year here in this beautiful city,88Please respect copyright.PENANAIs4UiGUoGu
but I feel like I’m stuck.88Please respect copyright.PENANA1fS1tUSUCO
I don’t know what I want.88Please respect copyright.PENANAW9xTRVqJDe
I’m lost and filled with anger toward everything.
I used to sacrifice my dreams, but now—though I no longer want that—I’m still drowning in it...88Please respect copyright.PENANA5DZZMDbU65
I want to have a dream.88Please respect copyright.PENANAkrnUKEMtfE
Have a goal.88Please respect copyright.PENANAUJ7mLgZ7NB
Try to achieve it...88Please respect copyright.PENANAuNSlVhXpzK
But I can’t.
When I open my eyes, I don’t know what I want.88Please respect copyright.PENANAOluWyDPysi
I know I want to want something—but what?
In the silence of night, in the darkness,88Please respect copyright.PENANAyyBVTQJo8T
I’m alone, trying to dream,88Please respect copyright.PENANAq2r8jgikv7
but my mind can’t seem to dream...
But I’m here,88Please respect copyright.PENANAqogS36XRyz
after a long journey,88Please respect copyright.PENANA17fiUOa3ep
that I’ll write in tiny, minuscule parts...88Please respect copyright.PENANAZYTfdcwEbL