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a bullet or a shooting star?

I looked up at the sky and saw a shooting star streak across the darkness. Closing my eyes, i made a wish for...

the war to be over soon. I hope by christmas i'll be with my family, the reason i'm on the other side of the sea. I am at war to feed them, put clothes on their body, shelter over their head. Because it is very clear now that at this point the war is no longer for the sake of our German nationality but against humanity.

"what are you thinking of, mate?", one of my fellow came to seat beside me after getting his dinner. He lost his left leg yesterday.
"eh just saw a shooting star."
"are you thinking of your family?"

The question is who isn't?

But i stayed quiet. "will we ever get out of this place, do you think?", he again asked breaking the silence while i sipped on my onion stew.

We've been cornering the british and french armies on this island of Dunkirk but it seems like we are the one to get stuck here. We dont know what to do next, there's no signal from the central either.

Suddenly we hear a loud strident and get out of our tents taking our zet rifles with us. Helicopters! Hundreds of them. Are they here to rescue us? The battalions start to jump out of happiness and excitement but the moment of this arousement wasn't for long when they started showering bullets from the sky.

Guess the moonlit night wasn't enough to make the hoisted flags of Britain and France be visible. It was then when we realized that we were not being rescued but attacked by the allied forces. How could we even imagine that Fuhrer was going to send help for us! That dictator is busy killing his own people.

Soldiers started running all around to get hands over their shields. The attempt killed numerous of them. I managed to run and get shelter behind a half sunk warship on the shore of Dunkirk. I could hear the bullets, on the sand and on my people.

Who are they running from? Who are they trying to cheat death from?

Am i not doing the same? Did i not vow to run to the open field and welcome the bullet to my heart? How am i hiding?

I looked over to see my ally struggling with his right leg to reach his firearm. It took me a strange knock to take my shield and run to him in a second. I try to cover him with my body and myself with the shield but before i could do that i felt it hitting my back.

Was it the shooting star i saw a moment ago? I felt warm liquid running down my spine. I helped him get hold of the sheild while i slipped away.

Was i dying? But how can i? Did i not wish to be with my family a little while ago? Or are the dead too?