Rock by a memory
(shumaila binte saif, karachi)
Memories are part of one’s
existence. Everyone has memories, good or bad. Some will bring smile on your
face and some will make your heart ache abit. Some will make you feel on the top
of the world. some will make you the saddest person on this planet Earth. Some
you never want to forget. Some you really hard to forget. Every memory has its
own place in your life. No matter how happy or unpleasant a memory is, it always
teaches you something which help you to hold on to your life.
Childhood is always considered as a “happy” phase of one’s life. No tensions, no
worries, no tears. I, too, had a very joyful childhood. But there is one memory
which leaves my mind and body numb. It was the ‘Earth quake incident’ of 8th
October 2005. Yes, I am one of the effectees. As my father was an Army officer
(retired now), we had to move around the country more often. We were posted to
Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir. Which got effected the most. Our house collapsed and we
got stuck inside. I don’t have the vivid idea of how we got rescued as we were
semi conscious.
After a while when I was Okay enough to stand up, I saw all my neighborhood
destroyed. All houses were collapsed. Loud shirking noises were coming from
everywhere. We had just lost our house but many of other people had lost their
loved ones which couldn’t be undone at any cost. Being a kid it was difficult
for me to absorb that scenario. It left a deep scar on my mind and heart which
no doctor could heal. Its been a decade now but I still get scared when I hear a
loud noise or experience a sudden movement around me. It takes me back to that
devastating day of my life which I am trying to forget.
Though it was the worst day of my life but it taught me that life goes on. It
doesn’t stop for anyone. no matter how hard our life becomes, we have to live.