The name of this Inspirational black portrait photograph is: 'Old Boy'
Once upon a time, on my sincere village road trip, I met someone on the way. There were war memories of dusty page of history. I called him "Old Boy". The deep lines on the face are proof of incredible experiences. He remembers the oppressed people who had survived the war. He had the happiness of doing his best for his country. He was strong, proud and troubled. He has seen and passed many wars. He lived all the pain, absence and poverty of that war. He was still upright in spite of the fact that he lost his favorite people in these wars.
He starts to talk like that "Kid, You are not even in the world." We have experienced great troubles. We did not have food. To make bread, we were harvesting barley from oxen feces. It was unbearable and hard days. We have been fighting for days to save our country. With the fear that you will not wake up in the morning, I didn't sleep.
Old Boy, looking at my eyes and he said "Kid, you have seen nothing, it was very hard days. You did not even have a name in the book. The nights were like daytime because of the bombs exploding". It was very very hard days, We were only eat raisins and bread. It was not the food we ate that provided us to survive. It was the homeland love and loyalty within us that gave us the strength to fight.
He said again "Kid, you are not even in the world and You did not even have a name in the book". The war was terrifying and Have you lost five friends at the same time? Have you watched helplessly as they lost their lives? you haven't been watch, I watched helplessly. Kid, "You are not even in the world and You did not even have a name in the book."
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