Status Updates From The Boy on the Beach

What none of us realized until much later was that
the white cloth in the dream looked exactly like the shroud that covers a baby in traditional Muslim burials.

I shopped for clothes and toys for my nephews. When I helped Abdullah pick out a red T-shirt, jean shorts, and black sneakers for Alan, I thought nothing of their significance.

my skin might just leave my body with all the goosebumps

22 pages and i'm already tearing up
such heartfelt writing