THE FAREWELL TREEDappled sunlighta soft pathFragments of light and shadeplayed catch beneath the lively birch leaves.A hush hung delicately in the air.So many goodbyes.To fathers and sons left to fightTo a countryTo one’s language.For Alina, this was the toughest goodbye.Yet not so at all.They didn’t understand. She wasn’t being difficult, as her aunt claimed. She …

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