Mar 16, 2012

The Six Magical Hours



It's finally 4 pm and it's the electricity time! Now I can do whatever I want in those long 6 hours that are supposed to be more than enough to do everything my dad, mom , little sister , brothers and I want. Those 6 magical hours when we try to win a race against time even though it's obvious who will be winning ! 
The first thing we always do when the electricity is on ,is watching T.V ! 
So here we are watching the news ,the first thing that I saw and I may say that I couldn't see a thing but this picture 
I saw a little boy standing over his dad's body without even dropping a tear ! 
and then I saw another photo picturing a mom hugging her son's hand ( the only thing left that can be hold)
And a video that lasted for only a minute but it was printed in my memory for a life time ; a video that shows a bag , a shoe and blood and the rest is up to you , you are the one who got to fill the missing parts 

I turned the T.V off and tried to do another thing , but unsurprisingly  I couldn't remember a thing of all the stuff I was planning to do when there's electricity at home and without even knowing what I was doing, I went back to T.V and again I started watching !
This time there was a 65 year old woman talking to a foreigner journalist as if he speaks her language !
she started saying ,"  Have you ever been there _ pointing at Alaqsa _ am 65 years and am originally from Jerusalem and my only wish is to go there "
The journalist smiled and recorded every word the woman said . Maybe one day when he learns to speak our language , he would feel what the woman was really saying ! 

And at 10 pm, the electricity went off and I started to make even a longer list this time , among was watching T.V for another 6 hours and maybe this time those 6 hours would last longer !