“Sins”
It was exactly midnight when I heard its first frightening yowl. I was scared to the death. All the neighbors’ dogs had started to bark as it ululateed its first yowl. The fright’s arrow cut my bone and I felt the cold fire of hell on me. Its frightening sound cut my flesh and the only shelter I had to go was my blanket. I crawl beneath it. My mind was not thinking about anything. It was just my cold breath which was warming me under the gloomy blanket. But I had to choose. Be under the gloomy blanket or come out and fight with the wild terror of the external world.
No, it cannot stand to perpetuity. It will stop so soon. It will be over. It’s so safe inside this blanket. It can save me from the world. I can save myself by being inside this blanket; there is no sound in here. But GOD, I cannot lock up my soul in this prison. I’m bearing it (the soul) just for at most eighty years. I want it to be free.
It will be slaughtered if I free it. The outside world is dangerous. The fright and the pain will kill it gradually. What if I cannot keep it clean? The wolves’ sounds are every where. Their fright will slaughter it.
But what’s the advantage of my life if I do not fight? I am a fighter because I can decide. I am a fighter because I am a human. I shall not be gloomy, because I’m free.
By: M. Kamkar