It was a few years ago that I was finally able to remove the glasses that I had been put on and strapped on at some point, the glasses that blinded the misery and suffering and fooled me into a perfect world and innocence, as well as trust in the people who explained me the …
Measured and quietly I approach you to kneel beside you, as you kneel, to meet you at the same eye level. I place my hand gently and respectfully on your shoulder and you twitch together under the unexpected touch. The pain and tears had limited your senses, so you did not notice my coming to …
„How beautiful you are, my little Nebou,“ Tamia thought over and over, holding her daughter in her arms, „you’re the most beautiful being in the world.“ And Tamia was just 16 when she got her first daughter, but that was not unusual where she lived, in a small village about an hour’s walk from Ouagadougou, …
„Eat the meat!“, she snapped, then mildly, almost gently, „It’s crunchy on the outside and tender on the inside. The way you like it. Just as you like it, I have prepared it for you. Does not it taste you? It does not taste good! „, And her voice transformed from the melodious into a …
It was early morning when we found her, a small, white ball of wool with short, speckled ears that sat in the grass and did not run away. A rabbit. But why did not she run away? Why did not she even try to run away? After rabbit type. Carefully we picked her up. She …
There they stood, at the main square of a small village, a pig on a leash and one in a basket, while the passers-by made a noticeably large arc around them. The stranger dismissed Pippa’s thought by simply introducing herself „I’m Zoe,“ she said shortly, „Zoe Artist. I live on the farm at the Vegan …
She felt light as a feather, little Nanna, in her arms. Again, and again, Pippa gently touched her chest to make sure she was still breathing. She felt her heart beat, softly but regularly. It was as it was already dawning and even as the deep black night overcast the land. Pippa and Leo had …
