This Is Where It Ends

by Marieke Nijkamp

So we run. Not just in circles around the track. We run toward all that is waiting for us. We run together while we still can.

The only things that give us purpose are the stories that tie us together.

Terror is our strongest force because we’re only afraid when we have something to lose—our lives, our loves…our dignity.

This is where it ends.

Death brings life; life brings death.

There are no words in that fleeting moment between hope and the knowledge. There is no way to express how a heart can burst and break at the same time, how the sun can cut through the darkness but will cast shadows everywhere.

You can’t always keep your loved ones with you. You can’t always settle your life in one place. The world was made to change. But as long as you cherish the memories and make new ones along on the way, no matter where you are, you’ll always be at home.”