Not quite what I imagined

I always dreamed that my life would be like it is in books.

Little did I know, that would later come true. 

It’s not quite what I imagined though.

I did not imagine a government that was poisoned with hatred.

I did not imagine people’s rights being taken away one by one.

I did not imagine a dictatorship taking over the supposed “land of the free.”

When I wished for life to be like a story, I never meant a dystopian one.

Posted in response to the challenge Democracy & Ethics – Writing.

M. Hank

VT

14 years old

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