A Thousand Splendid Suns Part 10

There was no choice I took the blame I killed him Now they can live Tariq, Laila, Aziza, Zalmai, They will go to Pakistan They will have a future I will go The court convicts me of murder I am put in prison I am a hero there Because I killed my husband. They take me in a truck "Are you scared?" "Yes" My death is coming soon The end The beginning? I was able to do a good thing I was loved Cherished Life is hard But there was good in those last years Tea with Laila Aziza's love Sharing the burden I have served my purpose I still died a faceless death Hidden by a burka Only a woman, nothing special But behind this faceless face of mine Lay a fulfilled purpose A purpose A life I walked forward I knelt I was executed For nothing? No For something. My name is Mariam I matter.