KAPPA IV Memoir - Mr. Almanzar

THE DAY I LEFT AFRICA

BY JASMINE

              “HI JASMINE, HI.” “DO YOU WONT TO GO TO THE PARK”? “SURE”! I AND MY BEST FRIEND AMA WENT TO THE PARK. THIRTY MINUTES LATER I WENT TO MY HOUSE. I SAW MY FAMILY SITTING DOWN LIKE SOMETHING HAPPENED. “WHAT HAPPENED?” I ASKED. “JASMINE, HONEY, WHY DON’T YOU GO PACK YOUR THINGS”. “WHY! WHERE AM I GOING”,I SAID COMFUSED. “YOU ARE GOING TO AMERICA”. MY UNCLE REPLIED “WHEN, WHY, HOW” I YELLED. WITH TEARS I NMY EYES. “I DON’T UNDER STAND HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? I ASKED. “YOU ARE GOING TO AMERICA TOMORROW AFTERNOON”! “WHY BUT I DON’T WANT TO GO. I WENT UPSTAIRS TO MY ROOM ANGRILY OUT OF WORDS.I SADLY SAT ON MY BED AND STARTED PACKING LIKE I WAS TOLD. “BANG! BANG! THE DOOR WAS SHAKING. “WHO IS IT?” I ASKED SADLY.  “ITS ME HONEY.”MY MOTHER REPLIED. “HONEY YOU JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT”. “UNDERSTAND WHAT? I EXCLAIMED” “YOU COULD HAVE TOLD ME OR ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO GO.IT’S GOOD FOR YOU NOT FOR ME.” I REPLIED. “I’M SORRY. BUT JUST GET SOME SLEEP AND YOU WILL FINISH TOMORROW. GOOD NIGHT MY MOTHER SAID SADLY.

THE NEXT MORNING I SAW MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERD AROUND. I HEARD THEM CRYING AND TALKING. I SMELLED THE SWEATNESS ON THE PEOPLES FACES. I TASTED THE TEARS THAT WERE DROPING FROM MY EYES LIKE A WATER FALL. AFTER THE TALKING, I SADLY LEFT TO THE PLACE I NEVER KNEW. LIKE I WAS A LITTLE BABY WHO WAS TRYING TO FIND HER MOTHER. IT WAS LIKE I WAS A STRANGER IN A NEW WORLD WHERE I LEFT MY FAMILY IN THE OTHER WORLD.

ON THAT DAY, THE WORLD COLLAPSED FOR ME. I FINALLY REALIZED HOW IMPORTANT FAMILY IS. AND EVENTHOUGH I LOVE AMERICA, THERE IS NO  PLACE LIKE AFRICA.