I am running fast, trying to escape from my enemies that are chasing me.
I run through the mountains, hills, tall grasses, and through the high sugarcane plantation. It's in an unknown land, in the wilderness.
I arrive on the top of a hill. On top of it is a flat land, it's clean with a wide landscape. No one's around. It' s just a vacant land.
It's like being located in the middle of nowhere. And anyone finds it hard to locate it. It's too far from everything.
I check the place to search for anything, there's nothing to see.
However, amazing things happen next. One by one, something appears, it's magical. On my left side, a table appears magically. The table has a lot of food on it. It's full of sweets and pastries, assorted and all looks good to eat.
Then, I turn to my right, another table appears as well and this time it's full of assorted fruit crops.
I am enjoying what I am seeing and with great joy, I exclaim, "Wow! How amazing are these!"
It is so fantastic.
I like everything, and want to live there, so I speak,
"...but I don't want to be alone. I'd like to see houses and people here too."
Then, it happens as well. The houses appear all at once. And many people appear as well. They are surrounding me.
We talk and chat merrily. We share everything that is on top of our table: the food and the fruits.
We are living harmoniously together in abundance.
However, later on, something comes.
We see a group of strangers from afar.
They're marching towards our direction in a single line. My intuition says that something is not right. They are bringing fear inside me, especially our safety and harmony.
I don't want bad people to come to this peaceful place.
So I speak to my people and tell them what I see. I address the crowd with courage and conviction.
"We need to stop them!"
I am convincing them not to tolerate abusive people to enter our peaceful land.
I act fast and lead the people marching forward towards the entrance of our place to block the bad strangers.
We need to meet them in the middle. We march towards the road away from our houses.
I climb on the top of the hill and speak loudly so that the invaders could hear my words:
"Everyone of you, kindly turn around. Go back to where you came from. Don't try to enter our land. Just go away! Don't invade our territory! We'll not allow you to come here."
I just want my people to feel safe and to maintain harmony in our land.
-Analie Patino
May 15, 2023