We Are Human

• Georgia Hogan, Grade 9
• Short Story
• 2016

Once I was alone. I was lost. I needed a saviour. I felt unholy and forever locked in a coffin of sins and loneliness. I was nobody's hero. I was alone in the dark, frozen in time. But love isn't always fair. It took everything I had to be with the person I cherished. but even then, i had nothing to work for. I thought I had lost it all. Left on my own. My days were numbered. I was made to walk this earth and damned to listen to the devils choir sing its unending but soothing voice. But then I heard the battle cry of angels. I realised that I was not alone. I heard a victory call. A tune that only I could have heard. The fallen angels sang a rebellious love song, a chant in which I was entranced. New Years came along. And I promised myself I would never fall for false love again. The years of sorrow are over, a ray of hope had broken through. With my heart now whole again, I can finally continue with my life and enjoy what I have. I shall forgive and forget the hate. I will be proud of who I am and what I have overcome. I don't care if I am an outcast. But at least I can be happy with myself. I will stitch the wounds of my battle scars. I shall leave my mark on this world whether it's on my terms or if it has been chosen for me. My past will fade away as I start with a new beginning and I will conquer everything in my path. I am the perfect weapon, the broken but fixed. Before I realised my actions, I would have died for you. But love can be mis-directed. Because in the end...
I am human