Darinka Draws

I don’t really understand politics, borders, or why people decide to fight. I just know what I see.

I see children looking out of broken windows, waiting for something that never comes back. I see homes that used to be full of laughter, now filled with silence and dust. I see fear where there should be bedtime stories.

We are just kids. We don’t start wars. We don’t choose them. But somehow, we are the ones who grow up inside them.

If the world is run by adults, why does it feel like no one is protecting us?

I wish every person who makes decisions could stand in these empty rooms, look through shattered glass, and see the world the way we do now.

Maybe then they would understand.

I don’t want to be brave. I don’t want to be strong. I just want peace.