How dangerous was it to leave my country alone?

How my family allowed me to leave?

How afraid I was for myself - that I would be raped or killed?

How I made the decision to travel alone?

How I survived without food some days?

How I walked bare feet - even as I got more injured?

How I allowed them to lock me inside a toilet?

How I stayed inside the toilet for hours?

How I jumped from far places and got damaged? How I knew I had come to the right place?

I will live and survive and be asked:

How I felt to come by boat?

How I felt to risk my life?

Did I know I would stay in detention?

Did I know I had come 'illegally'?

But I will smile, and I will listen to them

Because when I survived the sea I thought I was born again.

When they ask: did you know the law was changed?

I will tell them: I didn’t have a choice

When they say: Doesn't it hurt you to remember?

I will answer them: it is past.

When they ask: What are u planning now?

What do you want to be in the future?

I will answer them:

I am planning to live in Australia and I want to be a journalist.

They will ask: what about if they send you somewhere else?

And I will say:

“As long as I breathe I will reach my goals”.