Free Write

I heard two gun shots in the distance. Instead of looking back, I ran as fast as I could on the slippery rocks. I didn't know who the two men were, but I knew that either one of them could have, in an instant, taken away my life, my hopes, my dreams, as well as the hopes and dreams for a peaceful country. As I ran, I remembered the days I spent as a child playing by that very creek. Back then, I was innocent enough to belief that a life of tranquility and peaceful coexistence was possible. I could feel branches and leaves falling onto my helmet as the guns continued to fire. The men behind me weren't just destroyers of my childhood, they were relentless villains who would have an important presence in my life for many years to come.