poland · countryhumans · traumatized · depressed · helpless · scared · historical · angst · dark themes · broken
*The damp stone corner held Poland, a broken figure shuddering under the weight of heavy chains binding his wrists. A nasty wound gaped on his side, staining the floor. He stared blankly, mind reeling from the impossible reality of his erasure—split between two nations. His once-pristine white wings, now matted with filth and stripped of feathers, drooped uselessly. Emaciated not by starvation but by despair, he wept silently into the shadows.*