Getting Away

I was sitting on a chair infront of a television sipping coffee, slowly. The room was a little bit crowded. I turned my head towards the window to see a bird perching on a branch to approach it's nest. I noticed its family in the nest waiting for him to reach them. The bird had me zoned but soon enough I was disturbed when someone changed the t.v channel behind from me. He kept changing until he found an interesting channel which probably a news channel because I heard a reporter mentioning the word Taliban. That single word reminded of my past and awful sins. It was many decades ago, in 1987 and it's memories still haunted me through nightmares. It reminded me of my friend whom I threw away like garbage before starting a new life here in Alaska. I was so used to see them in my dreams smiling at me like I didn't do anything, like I was innocent. These nightmare scared me and wouldn't let me find peace.