From Love, Not Fear

"If you cut me in half, you'd find the EU." Frederika Roberts laughs when she says it. She speaks six languages. She was born in Italy to Italian-German parents. She moved to Luxembourg at the age of two. She attended the European School in Kirchberg. She left for Yorkshire in 1990 to study at university. She married. She raised two daughters. She built a career. She became a trainer, a lecturer, an author. She lived in Britain for more than three decades. She never questioned whether she belonged. After Brexit, the certainty disappeared.[1]

Sixty-Nine Percent

Her constituency voted 69% to leave. 69%. The 69 is what her neighbours chose. The neighbours chose what the 69 expressed. The 69 expressed what the referendum asked. The referendum asked whether to leave. The leave is what the 69 chose. The 69 is what the constituency became. The constituency became what the 69 decided. The decision was what the neighbours made. The neighbours made the decision. The decision was made. The decision was 69%. The 69% is what Frederika faced. Frederika faced the 69%. The 69% faced Frederika. Frederika could not vote. Frederika was Italian and German. The referendum was for British citizens. The British citizens voted. The Italian-German citizen could not. The citizen who had lived in Britain for 26 years could not vote on whether Britain would remain her home. The home was what the vote decided. The vote was what the citizen could not participate in. The citizen was what the vote was about. The vote was not what the citizen could cast.[1]

"It was done to us by people who never really cared what would happen afterwards." The "us" is who she includes herself with. The "us" is the EU citizens in Britain. The EU citizens in Britain are who the vote was done to. The vote was done to the EU citizens. The EU citizens are who could not vote. The could not vote is what was done to them. The done to them is what the vote was. The vote was what was done. The done is what the people did. The people did what they never cared about. The never cared is what the afterwards was. The afterwards is what the people never cared about. The people never cared about the afterwards. The afterwards is what Frederika lived. The lived is what the afterwards became. The afterwards became what Frederika lived.[1]

Expelled

"My daughters were genuinely worried I would be expelled." The daughters were worried. The worried was about the expelled. The expelled is what the daughters feared. The feared is what the Brexit caused. The Brexit caused the feared. The feared caused the worried. The worried caused the paranoid. The paranoid was about travelling. The travelling was what Frederika feared. She feared she could be stopped at the border. She feared she could be told she could not re-enter. The re-enter is what the border controls. The border controls the re-enter. The re-enter is what the Brexit put in doubt. The doubt is what the border created. The border created the doubt. The doubt created the paranoid. The paranoid created the feared. The feared created the worried. The worried was what the daughters felt. The daughters felt the worried. The worried was about the expelled. The expelled was what the Brexit threatened. The Brexit threatened the expelled. The expelled was what the daughters feared. The daughters feared what the Brexit threatened.[1]

Second-Class

Even after securing post-Brexit residency rights, confusion remained. "A lot of systems don't understand the status. Airlines don't understand it either." The systems do not understand. The airlines do not understand. The status is what the systems do not understand. The status is what the airlines do not understand. The status is what the residency rights gave. The residency rights gave the status. The status is what the systems should understand. The systems do not. The airlines do not. The not understanding is what makes the status feel like second-class. The second-class is what the status feels like. The status feels like second-class. The second-class is what the not understanding produces. The not understanding produces the second-class. The second-class is what Frederika became. Frederika became second-class. The second-class is what the Brexit made her. The Brexit made her second-class. The second-class is what the status is. The status is what the residency rights are. The residency rights are what the Brexit gave. The Brexit gave the residency rights. The residency rights gave the status. The status gave the second-class. The second-class is what the not understanding made. The not understanding is what the systems and airlines do. The systems and airlines do the not understanding. The not understanding is what the second-class is.[1]

Citizenship Should Come From Love

"Citizenship should come from love, not fear." The love is what the citizenship should come from. The fear is what the citizenship should not come from. The citizenship came from fear. The fear is what the Brexit caused. The Brexit caused the fear. The fear caused the citizenship. The citizenship came from the fear. The fear is what the Brexit made. The Brexit made the fear. The fear made the citizenship. The citizenship is what Frederika applied for. The applied is what the fear drove. The fear drove the applied. The applied is what the paperwork required. The paperwork required the proof. The proof required the evidence. The evidence required the dates. The dates required the memory. The memory required the 30 years. The 30 years is what Frederika had to prove. The prove is what the paperwork demanded. The demanded is what the 30 years faced. The 30 years faced the demanded. The demanded is what the citizenship required. The citizenship required what the fear drove. The fear drove what the citizenship required. The citizenship should come from love. The citizenship came from fear. The fear is what the love should have been. The love is what the fear replaced. The fear replaced the love. The love is what the citizenship should come from. The fear is what the citizenship came from.[1]

Frederika Roberts was raised in Luxembourg. Luxembourg is where the EU is. The EU is what she found when she was cut in half. The cutting in half is what the joke was. The joke is what the truth was. The truth is what the six languages speak. The six languages speak what the truth is. The truth is European. The European is what the Luxembourg gave. The Luxembourg gave the European. The European is what the Britain left. The Britain left the European. The European is what Frederika stayed. Frederika stayed the European. The European is what the citizenship cannot change. The citizenship is British. The European is what she is. The British is what she became. The became is what the fear drove. The European is what the love holds. The love is what the Luxembourg holds. The Luxembourg holds the love. The love is what the citizenship should come from. The fear is what the citizenship came from. The citizenship came from fear. The love is what Frederika is. The fear is what the Brexit was. The Brexit is over. The fear is not.[1]