In the ruins, shadows creep.
I walked aimlessly in the shattered room.

"Why have you stopped playing, sister dear? Your stillness fills my heart with anxiety.

Mom??Her laughing was gone "Why does Mom no longer smile by my side?"
Her eyes, once brilliant, are now cold and still. The remembrance is now lost in the chill.

Father, "Why is it dark where you used to sit and watch the TV?" The screen is currently blank, the room is empty.

The only thing I see alive in the room is my brown teddy,who is sitting and smiling in the darkness .
With my bloody hands and a sore heart, I hold my teddy.
In the rubble and suffering, our cries went unnoticed,but this time no one came to wip my tears of,cause they all are sleeping under the blanket of blood.

I sat beside my mom holding her cold hands,
When suddenly the dark room filled with bright light.
Where I can see my mom waiting for me to take me to the garden she use to tell me from the bed time stories.
I hold her hand and to the brightness, I did go.


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