I believe in kites. I believe that they are representations of what humanity could be. Running kites is something I’m good at. I’m not very sure why, but I know how they work, just like I know how people work.
Because kites are like people. They can be temperamental and sail away on the wind, and never come back. There’s a hidden sort of strength, though the fabric is thin and the string can break, just like a person.
I believe that running kites is like figuring out how a person works for the first time. You can watch the way they sit in the sky, and from there you can see how they will end up. Sometimes I’m wrong, but not often.
Sometimes I wish I was a kite detached from my string of “Hazara” and flying away over the pomegranate tree where Amir read me stories, and I would be somewhere with my family and we could live together on the same street. And we’d read each other stories and fly kites and laugh and people who were angry or bad would not be able come there. I know that’s a bad thought to have, but I still have it every once in a while. I sometimes pray that I will be allowed into a place like that someday.
I believe in kites, and people, and their ability to be strong when things go badly.
Because kites are like people. They can be temperamental and sail away on the wind, and never come back. There’s a hidden sort of strength, though the fabric is thin and the string can break, just like a person.
I believe that running kites is like figuring out how a person works for the first time. You can watch the way they sit in the sky, and from there you can see how they will end up. Sometimes I’m wrong, but not often.
Sometimes I wish I was a kite detached from my string of “Hazara” and flying away over the pomegranate tree where Amir read me stories, and I would be somewhere with my family and we could live together on the same street. And we’d read each other stories and fly kites and laugh and people who were angry or bad would not be able come there. I know that’s a bad thought to have, but I still have it every once in a while. I sometimes pray that I will be allowed into a place like that someday.
I believe in kites, and people, and their ability to be strong when things go badly.
Hannah Lambrecht