The Migrant Worker's Letter

Year 2020. Covid-19 has hit the world hard. The world's trade suffers. And for a tiny island country whose economy heavily relies on global trade, a recession the likes of which has never been seen before, even during the 2003 SARS, looms.

But down there on the edges of the 'Little Red Dot', a group of under appreciated people stay. Due to a number of reasons, the virus runs rampant among my people. The most number of cases happens here, larger than any community cases ever since the virus touched the country's shores. We are afraid, but there's nothing we can do to stop it.

This is my story. A story of fear and despair. And I tell it so that you may understand my pain. Our pain.

1st place in The Ever After Awards 2020 1000 word competition