Friday, April 15, 2011

War - A Personal Response



"My friend! Can you hear me?" I rushed to my comrade, John. "Take this!" I commanded my comrade who was beside me, and threw my rifle at him. I held John's head in my arms as I surveyed his injuries. "Oh my.......," My comrade commented on John's injuries. "He should be lucky if he is still alive even after getting shot so many times. Warm blood trickled down my hand. "My friend, is..... that...... you?" John stammered due to the excruciating pain.

"Yes, I am by your side. Hold on, don't lose consciousness, somebody will be coming to treat you!" I said between sobs. All of a sudden, I heard a deafening war cry and i saw an enemy soldier running towards us with a knife. I was shocked because he was less than 10 meters away from us. "Bang!" A gunshot deafened the skies and the enemy soldier dropped dead. "Hi comrades! Having problems?" my platoon sergeant said as he threw aside his sniper rifle. "I am good at sniping, but I think a rifle is more fun!" He shouted before grabbing an AK-47 and jumped over the barricade.

"Don't bother, my friend. I know my injuries very well. I won't live to see another day. Take care of my family for me and tell my wife I love her a lot........." With that, John closed his eyes for eternity. At that moment, I felt anger. "Arrrr..........!" I let out a war cry and jumped over the barricade with my comrade. "Grenade!"

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