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Vol.1 Issue 64 ÉLITE

A tortured Childhood in the time of cruelty

Name-Level- Major

Every now and then, something Fridays to rest after a week where the

surfaces that disturbs the peace scorching heat of the season burnt
within us, leaving us feeling trapped their childhood dreams to ashes next

within the confines of our own to the manual labor they undertake.
thoughts and the prisons of What crime did these innocents
conscience. The ultimate question commit to endure such hardship?

remains: what crime have I What bodies can bear such a heavy
committed other than being a small burden of worries? They lost their

dreamer? resilience from the tenderest of ages,
All these young ones, whose denied their right to care, robbed of

innocence was robbed by life itself, self-love, education, and every aspect
find themselves caught up in the of molding good humans, all without

demands of survival, deprived of the the means to confront or escape these
joys of childhood. If we were to harsh circumstances.
describe it, it's a childhood without We used to look forward to summer

childhood. They work to barely meet vacations to indulge in our own ways,
basic needs, remote from the luxuries where life felt lighter, and the

or comforts their peers enjoy. They noontime hours echoed with
face the harsh realities of life with childhood dreams. What fault do

their small hands, bearing burdens they or their parents bear to be
not of their making, dreaming of deprived of these simple dreams?

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