Oil on canvas
50 × 40 cm
2026
They entered the water, leaving hesitation behind. The horizon was no longer distant, and the dream was no longer merely a few lights glimpsed from the other shore. Their bodies withstood the waves, exhaustion and fear, until land appeared close at hand. For a moment, the sea offered the illusion of a promise it had never made. But setting foot on land did not end the ordeal. On that land, in which they had placed so much hope, someone was waiting—not to welcome them, but to remind their exhausted bodies of the meaning of those borders they thought they had left behind. Only then did they understand that reaching the shore did not mean arriving. Beyond the sea, a fence without barbed wire awaited them.