why war

"Salina come here". My mom called me. We are sitting in an underground hall in Osaka city of Japan.

"Yes, mom coming." I replied.

My mother lily sat in a corner with my younger brother James. He is 3 year's old.

Suddenly we hear a big bang and everyone  starts crying and shouting.

So many people are here in the underground hiding hall. It's stinks.
Some children are shouting and crying in fear.

It's a war zone. I heard some people talking that most of the powerful countries are involve in the war. It's a global war.  Some country has nuclear bombs too. The bomb which can destroy everything.

Everyone is so horrified to hear about nuclear bombs.

I'm just 9 year's old and  I don't understand everything which they are talking about. But still the scarey feelings on their face and in their eye's makes me frighten.

I grabbed my mother's hand and put my head on her lap she's trembling.

James is crying because of hunger. As we don't have anything to eat.

It is heart wrenching moment.

It's about nine pm or half past nine I can guess only because we are here from one or two hours.

Before the attack siren alarmed us, we were in our small house, mom was preparing food for us, I was taking care of james. My father is also participate in the war.

I don't know why this war started. Can't they see how many innocent people are dieing in this?

Why people hate, are we all not son and daughter of that one God?

As my mother always used to say. Fighting with each other hurt's our father God. Then why people hurt him? Were their mother not teach them about the god like mine?

When I'm struggling in my thoughts I listen foot steps like marching as we did in our school in PT class.

I want to see what's going on and I stand up and walk for that small window.

My mother grab my hand and said," don't go there my children."

"But I  want to see mom". please please I insisted.

"Ok, be careful and don't open full window it can be dangerous." She said.

I nodded my head and walk to the window.

I open slightly only one door of that and look outside.
There are soldiers who are marching in a line. Their foot steps are rhythmic. There are two big vehicles too. I never seen that type of vehicle so I asked," what is this? uncle Bruce."
Who's standing near me.

He said,"it's a tank."

I look him in surprise. "What is it for?" I asked again.

He said,"It's used to throw bombs."

"Nuclear bombs?" I said with wide eyes.

"No no not nuclear bombs but big bombs. Which can destroy a  whole area and two -three houses in one go."
He explained.

I look that tank in shock. At the same moment James run towards me and shouted," I want to see it too,big sis."

Me and uncle Bruce ss sshh him together.

And he jumped on me to look outside, when he jumped the door of window shut with a thudd sound.

We all are terrify and my mom come to hold us two in her arms.

"Keep quiet ,if they suspect that here is life they will attack on us." she instructed in a low voice.

"But why mom my teacher said that soldiers always save us" I asked innocently.

"But honey these are not from our country ,they are the soldiers from the country whom we fighting with." She explained.

"But mom they are soldiers, they should save life what's the matter if they are not from our country." I said.

Unexpectedly we listen a bang sound and the door of the underground broke.

We two hold mom tightly and she cover our eyes.

We all are glued in our places , terror stricken.

A strong and dominating voice said," all of you kneel down and don't dare to look up."

Some of them kneel down in front of them instantly, some started running towards the door in fear.

"Don't you dare escaping from here". One of them warn us.

But people are so much frighten that they ignored the warning and keep running.

Some are stumble and fall down on each other.

In the meantime the soldiers get angry to see them running and we hear firing sound.

They started firing on people who are running. So many people get hurt. Other kneel down immediately.

My eye's starts filling with tears and I looked on the floor to only found so much blood on there.

Uncle Bruce is laying on the floor in blood. There is Mike also lay there crying in pain who got shot too. He's just two months elder than me.

Aunt Mary, Anna and uncle Max ,"oh my god so many of them are got hurt."

My mother grab my hand and pull me behind her and James is in her arms.

I deny to go back as so much anger and hate  fill inside me. I want to kick them but I'm so small and my mom's holding my hand tightly.

In my anger and hate I yelled ,"why are you murdering people?"

A soldier turn to face me and stared me hard, and shouted with his finger pointing me,"you ! On your knees."

I shouted back,"no! You are a murderer I will not kneel in front of you."

He gives me a killing look and start shooting on me.

Bang
Bang
Bang

I feel an unbearable pain in my chest and stomach and fall down on the floor.

My eye's starts blurring and it's all hazy in front of me. I try to see my mother is crying holding James in her one arm and with her other one she hold mine.

I can see she's hurt too as her arm is bleeding.

"Mom", I try to speak but ended with just a whisper.

May be mom heard me, she put her hand on my cheeks and kiss on my forehead while crying James is crying so hard.

"Why there's no love left mom? Why they are fighting, are they not afraid of God? Ahhhh....... Why war "I asked.

She has no answer.

"I love you mom."I wispered and silence and darkness holds me in.