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Home / Religion and ethics – Reflective writing

Religion and ethics – Reflective writing

By Hannah Nelson – Peace Lutheran College Cairns

“How did the experience of being isolated during the Easter holiday affect you?”

Isolation

It’s a lonely experience, nearly suffocating. Your neighborhood becomes your house, your house becomes your world; a safe haven. Safe havens aren’t eerie though, they aren’t filled with tension and silence building, they’re not meant to be a cage.

I felt detached from my own world. Separated from what was my life; when days were filled with laughter, chatter, busyness. It’s this busyness that distracts me from how little I am in such a huge world. It’s this laughter that drowns any sadness.

And in this isolation,
surrounded by silence,
with nothing to do;
one’s mind wonders.

Where are the people I love?
Close, I just can’t see them.
Why can’t I?
For mine and their safety.
But isn’t the risk worth it?
For some perhaps, for others it’s too deadly to consider.

So I sink into our green couch as sweat drips and fans whir.

In my mind, I remember my Grandma with her faulty lungs and my cousin with his beautifully delicate heart and I decide.
I decide that my want will never be placed over their fear.

Easter is about sacrifice.
This is my sacrifice.
My freedom, what was my life will be crucified; before it can be reborn.

This is salvation for the people I love.

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