"MAKING A PROMISE"

 

        Making a promise is difficult, but leaving behind all you love is devastating. Maybe this wasn't the situation or place I expected, but the United States was visible on the horizon. I started to to understand what sacrifice meant; I left home, friends and family just to recover my childhood with mom and dad. An adventure where fear, and adrenalin were present as I was getting closer to my goal, my promise - to be together one more time. 

       The people I know have disappeared, and now are strangers taking care of us. My brother and I didn't understand what was happening, until we received a call; it was my mother telling us that was time to see us again. Our answer wasn't thought out, we just accepted it. But confusion was taking over my mind, we didn't know who we were anymore, our name and social status has change. We were going to leave our homeland without saying a word, just to live how it's supposed to be - like a family. 

       The challenge wasn't hard, because I always have carried my amulet - my brother, a brother that has been with me all my life. But now he is gone, they took him away from me. Loneliness came through as my only companion, and it blinded my decision of keep fighting. Depression plus a boy of thirteen years old equals a surrender. I didn't have the same enthusiasm that I'd started this adventure with. I just wanted my brother back. Every day that passed came with disillusion and I was disappointed with myself. I hate cowards and now I became one of them.

       Encouragement came after a call I received, I was my little brother. He has gotten into the United States one moth earlier. Now I'm the one who has to take the reins of that promise. A new identity was gave it to me with a fake smile, just to approve the United States's rules...  submitted my face just to fit in the parameters of my other I. Surgical blades cut my flesh to be more like the photo. A new accent had come out of my throat. Expensive clothes were part of my wardrobe. Also my name was changed, I wasn't longer part of the family I belong to. I would do everything just to assert my word. I was ready, it was time to tell all about my new self. After nervous answers, peace appeared and covered the entire place. Then I was able to took that flight bravely. I was a new boy from nowhere, no name, but with the same love for my family. A feeling that never changed in my heart. I was fulfilling my promise. 

       Five years was the term, and we were a few step from each other. I just had to wait for for the "blood's call" - that should came any moment from the crowds. And there it was "Edson" "Edson" - at that time I knew that I've recovered myself again. I stepped into the United States facing my promise. America was living my dream, we were together one more time.