My Life Story
Chapter 1: Betrayal
As we approached the detention center, I could not help but notice every single unfamiliar detail and was in denial that my own brother had to deal with the conditions I was currently surrounded by. As much as I could not stand my brother at that moment, I still felt bad that my own blood related family member was faced with living in this life changing place that I saw through this barren dirt road and through the trees that were dying more and more as the seconds passed. Before I knew it the two and a half hour car ride was about to come to an end and I would see my brother for the first time in over a month. As we went under the cut out of oak trees, the clearing quickly approached us. What was supposed to be grass fields was currently just dirt covered land with patches of yellow-brown straw covering the ground. I could not help but notice how empty the entire place felt. Before I could take myself out of this trance, I realized something… there was no human life outside. Through the desert-like woods a white building came into my view. I remember seeing nothing but white: no windows, no flowers placed around the entrance, nothing. After parking and getting out of the car I was finally able to see my parents’ faces. Sadness and despair engulfed us all. It went to show that they noticed everything I saw and felt, from the empty landscape to the tears welling up in our eyes. My mother and father knew not to say anything to each other; otherwise they wouldn’t have been able to control their tears. We walked up to the entrance slowly, it was as if we were pulling our bodies back from dealing with the fate we were about to be faced with. It was all like a dream, I felt as if I was in someone else’s body. Everything from walking through the front entrance with security guards lining the way, through the metal detector that towered my twelve year old body, signing my name on the sign in sheet, and getting my photograph taken made me
As we approached the detention center, I could not help but notice every single unfamiliar detail and was in denial that my own brother had to deal with the conditions I was currently surrounded by. As much as I could not stand my brother at that moment, I still felt bad that my own blood related family member was faced with living in this life changing place that I saw through this barren dirt road and through the trees that were dying more and more as the seconds passed. Before I knew it the two and a half hour car ride was about to come to an end and I would see my brother for the first time in over a month. As we went under the cut out of oak trees, the clearing quickly approached us. What was supposed to be grass fields was currently just dirt covered land with patches of yellow-brown straw covering the ground. I could not help but notice how empty the entire place felt. Before I could take myself out of this trance, I realized something… there was no human life outside. Through the desert-like woods a white building came into my view. I remember seeing nothing but white: no windows, no flowers placed around the entrance, nothing. After parking and getting out of the car I was finally able to see my parents’ faces. Sadness and despair engulfed us all. It went to show that they noticed everything I saw and felt, from the empty landscape to the tears welling up in our eyes. My mother and father knew not to say anything to each other; otherwise they wouldn’t have been able to control their tears. We walked up to the entrance slowly, it was as if we were pulling our bodies back from dealing with the fate we were about to be faced with. It was all like a dream, I felt as if I was in someone else’s body. Everything from walking through the front entrance with security guards lining the way, through the metal detector that towered my twelve year old body, signing my name on the sign in sheet, and getting my photograph taken made me