Inside the orphanage, one lonely person thinks about his life...

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I'm the only one. No one else is like me. The others call me freak, and I don't understand why I cannot be like them.

I sit inside, watching the other kids playing outside together. They're happy and they have friends. I don't have anyone to trust.

I touch the bruise on my arm. One of the older boys did it to me. They always hit and tease me. No one is nice to me, even the adults of the orphanage fear me. I can see it on their faces, when they look at me and try to speak me nicely.

Wind blows outside. I cannot feel it. I look out of the window, hoping I could be outside with the others.

I sigh. Tear runs down my cheek. I'm so lonely here. I close my eyes and fall asleep.

I see a beautiful dream. I'm playing with the others and they're all my friends. Sun shines and the grass is beautiful green. The water of the river flows near the orphanage and I'm happy. I'm like the others and I have friends.

Then I see a car coming towards us. Two adults call on me and I run towards them. They say that they want to adopt me. I leave with them, and I'm happy to have parents. But then...

I feel kick on my leg. I wake up and see two older boys in front of me. Other of the boys is the same who hurt my arm before.

"What do you want?" I ask, but then I realize that I should never ask that.

The boy kicks me again, this time harder. I yelp and almost cry.

"We don't want to talk to a freak." Taller of the boys says.

"Go away, we want to play here." The other boy says.

I don't move anywhere. I don't want to go away. I just want them to accept me as such.

"We said go away!" Taller boy says and pulls me up. He's stronger than I am so I can't take on.

"Leave me alone!" I yell to him, and he hits me again, to my face. This time I can't hold my tears and I run away. I run by the other kids, by the adults and different rooms. There's no place to me. I don't belong anywhere.

I run out, towards the river. Tears fall down my cheeks when I kneel to the bank. I can only cry.

I know my dream never comes true. It just cannot. No one wants me, I will be alone forever. I will never see a car coming for me. I will never see happy adults calling me, telling they want to adopt me. Never.

Then I feel the wind. It blows on my face and ripples my long hair. I can hear the birds singing. I look at the sky and see the bird, flying high in the clouds. I hope I could fly too. Fly so far away and be free forever.

I close my eyes again. This time I dare not to sleep. I fear that boys come again and hurt me.

I'm not asleep. But I can imagine how two white wings grow on my back. I spread my wings and fly higher and higher, until I cannot see the ground anymore. I feel the wind, telling me to fly away, to escape from this prison I've been so long, I cannot even remember how long.

I start so sing, with a small voice so that no one can hear it.

"Olisinpa vapaa kuin kotka, villi kuin tiikeri.

Voisin vaeltaa missä huvittaa, taivaanrantaan matkustaa.

Tuulet auttaa jaksamaan, ne eteenpäin työntää voimillaan.

Vapaata elämää vain kaipaamaan jään, mutta sitä saavuttaa en kai saa..."

Only wind can hear me singing. No one else even wants to. Wind is my only friend, now and forever.

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