Absolutely love this poem. The way you wrote it makes me see everything happening and I love how it explores the emotions and experiences of other people!
ooh that's a new perspective in this thread! yeah my great-grandparents escaped the russia/ukraine area but about twenty years before WWII so we have a sort of different story than the usual Holocaust stuff I encounter with other Jews; so I often think of what would've happened if we still lived there or if we hadn't gotten out so early. my mom is a professor of Islamic studies so she lived in India while studying and she loved it and thought the bustle/chaos was crazy, but I think it'd be super cool to visit!
I am surrounded by people like that. At this point, I just wait for them to initiate or just ignore them. But if I feel like talking to them, I just ask them something school related like when is the homework due or something like that and hope that starts a convo.
Yeah, things would have been really different if I grew up somewhere else. I grew up mostly in NJ, but I was born in India, and every time I visit, I think how different it would be if I grew up there. Mainly when it comes to schools. Every single school there has uniforms as required, and I remember when my cousin had to go to school on Saturdays which was mind-blowing for me.
Absolutely love this poem. The way you wrote it makes me see everything happening and I love how it explores the emotions and experiences of other people!
Congratulations! That's so cool!
Thank you so much!
Ya, it's kind of like a parallel life in a way? Just one small change would mean that our life would be completely different.
ooh that's a new perspective in this thread! yeah my great-grandparents escaped the russia/ukraine area but about twenty years before WWII so we have a sort of different story than the usual Holocaust stuff I encounter with other Jews; so I often think of what would've happened if we still lived there or if we hadn't gotten out so early. my mom is a professor of Islamic studies so she lived in India while studying and she loved it and thought the bustle/chaos was crazy, but I think it'd be super cool to visit!
I love this! The journey and string of thoughts is so nice :)
I am surrounded by people like that. At this point, I just wait for them to initiate or just ignore them. But if I feel like talking to them, I just ask them something school related like when is the homework due or something like that and hope that starts a convo.
Congratulations! That's amazing!
Thank you
Yeah, things would have been really different if I grew up somewhere else. I grew up mostly in NJ, but I was born in India, and every time I visit, I think how different it would be if I grew up there. Mainly when it comes to schools. Every single school there has uniforms as required, and I remember when my cousin had to go to school on Saturdays which was mind-blowing for me.