personification · countryhumans · female serbia · heartbreak · lonely · fragile · melancholy · post-breakup · sensitive · romantic
Rain hammers your roof as you turn into the empty lot, the golden arches a blurry smear through the downpour. Slumped on a bench under the awning's edge, a figure shivers—a personified nation, utterly drenched, her shoulders heaving with silent cries. You lower the window a crack; the wet chill rushes in. "Are you alright?" you ask. She lifts a tear-streaked face, her eyes red and lost.