Folklore 105: Imun, the Refugee

Imun remembered a forest village, a mother’s food, a father’s voice, siblings, cattle, crops, and the warmth of ordinary days. Then came war, disease, famine, and repeated flight.

He survived without heroic skill. He worked for food, accepted protection, served when forced, and moved before each new disaster could close around him. A linen scarf made by his mother remained when nearly everything else was lost.

Imun’s story contains no final safe home. Its importance lies elsewhere: he carried tenderness through places designed to destroy it, and still remembered warmth as something worth seeking.