{"id":343,"date":"2024-08-30T08:45:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T08:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studio323.com\/deRebusPublicis\/?p=343"},"modified":"2024-10-15T08:59:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T08:59:41","slug":"bird-of-sorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studio323.com\/deRebusPublicis\/bird-of-sorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird of Sorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Tears started rolling down my face as I sat in the alley. The sky seemed to cry along with me as snowflakes drifted down from above. The sun was already setting, and the snow became a sheet of gold. Shivering, I sat there as the stars came out to dance across the beautiful Chengdu sky. I had to go. Leave everything I&#8217;ve ever known. I had applied to Iowa State University many months ago with so much eagerness to leave, to explore the world. Now, it was different, I couldn&#8217;t go, or I didn&#8217;t want to leave. It was the feeling I always had when I had to go\u2014the terror of having to leave the familiar. On top of the dangerous world outside, I was just the caged bird in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I was the bird with the purple and blue eyes, constantly inside and outside of everything simultaneously. I was always the best in what I did. Well, not really. I worked hard. However, I never really fit in. They treated me like I was dangerous. Everyone believed I was some demon, with two-colored eyes, an absurdly smart one at least. I was something to be avoided. Now I could leave this horrible place, but I didn&#8217;t want to go. My parents had insisted I take much of the family coffers, money they had worked their entire lives to make. They insisted I go, and I couldn&#8217;t bring myself to disagree. I left a week later, traveling to the airport, escorted each step by my father. As I stepped through the airport doors, I knew I had entered a new world, away from everything I loved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8212; <em>A middle school writing assignment inspired by my mother&#8217;s story.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-18981975326f3f56ae37e6193a953988\" style=\"color:#8d969e\">Cover Photo by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@michaelheld?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Michael Held<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/leafless-tree-in-body-of-water-during-daytime-w6xU735k6LU?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tears started rolling down my face as I sat in the alley. The sky seemed to cry along with me as snowflakes drifted down from above. 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