WOW
So this is basically a poem narrated by a father to a son as the attempt to flee Syria. The father describes what it used to look like, how beautiful it was, before bombs began to rain down. He wishes his son could've experienced that, too. And when the board the boat, the father prays they'll make it away successfully.
Not only did I love the words, but the illustrations were so beautifully done by Dan Williams. In particular, when the colour is about to change from bright colours to deep, unsaturated ones. There's a beautiful illustrates on the left-page, while the right is left blank, with just the words in the bottom corner:
"But that life, that time,
seems like a dream now,
even to me, like some long-dissolved rumor."
Just those words, standing alone, in the corner of a blank page, felt so powerful.
Anyways, I could keep going about syntax and diction, stuff that's boring for non-english majors. Basically, you should read this.