Silent Scream

A Story by Zaynab1993

non-fiction

The silent scream

One day,in a small town in Damas,Syria, a mother was sitting in the living room,engaging in a conversation with her guest…

Guest :Oh ! what annoying children !are they always noisy when they play ?

Mother :yes,but you can’t imagine how much I love and enjoy their noise

Guest :yeah,like my children,never feel bored even if they run and shout all day long,as if they fight in a war !

Mother :perhaps they will open the doors of the lovely future one day.Look at them dear,they are blowing the flying seeds as though they send their dreams with them towards the blue sky.Children have their own world which is full of pink dreams,imagination and inspiration.They are the God’s gift that makes my life happy again

Guest :today they are the birds of spring and tomorrow they will be the strong men and the patient women

Mother :oh ! no,it won’t happen !I want just to live these moments forever.Everyday I look attentively at their faces and their bodies changing every moment.I can see the changements in my daughter Judy,drawing the features of a beautiful lady who will stand in front of me after few years.It’s like a wonderful dream that I wish I never wake up from.

Guest (looking at her watch) : I have to go now and let you take a nape as you used to do

Mother :It’s too early,it’s not time I take the nape yet

Guest : sorry darling,I should go .You know that I never take a nape because I’m all the time busy,I have million things to do

Mother : you should try it someday,it’s really enjoyable.My only problem is that sometimes I feel afraid because I don’t know what I may encounter in the world of sleeping

Guest :yeah,truly… that’s a pity,we’re always afraid and anxious .Every day and night,we’re awaiting for fear of everything around us.Well,it’s time you sleep,good bye !

The mother was dipping in sleeping,going away in a long journey in the world of dreams and she doesn’t know what’s waiting for her when she wakes up .Suddenly,a horrible noise didn’t allow her to take enough rest.She woke up frightened to see her children shredded into pieces and blood-stained under a polluted sky that rains only bombs and weapons.She woke up to find herself homeless under no roof.Her husband disappeared few years ago,she lost her brothers and now her children who were her last hope and her last exile.

It was a silent snowy night three months after her children’s death.The poor mother was sitting alone in a cold dark corner inside a weeping camp which shelters thousands of miserable and homeless people who left their bleeding country seeking the lost peace in an endless journey.She was yearning to recieve any news about her children because she couldn’t believe that they really died and she was very sad and sick.She heard a noise,when she turned around,she was surprised by her eldest daughter Judy , who hugged her strongly.Only Judy was saved among the other children.They hugged each other while their tears were flowing on and on till the sunrise of the next day.After the mother and the daughter met,a new life began,with hard times,burried pains and hazy future.They didn’t know what sort of storms was coming to draw such gloomy ends,they didn’t know when they can go back home ,they didn’t even know when happiness will return,yet Judy’s emotions were like spring and her heart looked like a confused little bird that was aspiring to safety and freedom.Smile was always drawn on her face although she was sincking in a sea of pains.She had an iron will when she set herself to do something,as if she was telling her mum and her sad country that after rains there will be a rainbow,and after winter there will be spring .