Ashwani Singh

Drama Tragedy Classics

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Ashwani Singh

Drama Tragedy Classics

Never say goodbye!

Never say goodbye!

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Have you been in a situation where you are in the middle of a two-sided area, there are few places on earth where you can see the time is frozen there, just by looking at the vermin plants and the homes, you can feel the creepiness of the place which will always haunt you no matter how far you go. I am Andrez Lopei, I have few hours to go to the other side of the world, but before departing this place, a small girl came to me yesterday with her father who guards this dotted line here. She came with flowers and a cake made by her. The flowers are now dried and faded just like my lips, but the cake was delicious. She was nervous and said goodbye in her sweet voice. The year was 1974, I returned from my job, working as a hotel receptionist. I was cooking moussaka for lunch, my husband was getting ready for his work, I asked him about the coming anniversary plans and did he remember the day or forgot, he gave his usual smile and said "what do you think ?", I knew he was planning something for our 1st anniversary. I said " you never answer straight ", we both laughed and continued eating our lunch and when he finished, he said "this time, you will never forget our anniversary", we both smiled, and he went out from the door saying "will come back early today, wait for me " after a goodbye.


But I didn't know at that time that, sometimes when some people go from our lives, they never return

After an hour, sounds of airplanes and explosions started coming, the whole ground was shaking, all the things in the cupboard started falling. the sirens kept on ringing louder and louder, the song on the radio stopped suddenly and a man in a heavy voice announced "its an urgent announcement, Turkey has attacked us and take protection wherever you are. May you see the end........" And the radio signal collapsed. I opened the windows and saw the people running and screaming, some army soldiers firing at the people in the street, I rushed under the bed, praying to the jesus to stop this, may this all be a dream.The explosions and gun sounds never stopped for few weeks, till this time I was under the bed, my eyes waiting for the door to open and praying to see the one I loved to see once again, just for only once.The last words "wait for me" rang in my ears.


The horrific period lasted for more than a month till this time our neighbors came to our house and we all waited for all this to stop, living in the horror each day, whether we will see the sun next day or not. it was such chaos in our lives. But the things never became the same again, the war halted for a few days but there were continuous tensions between the greeks and the turks. After a year, we got the news that UN has decided to draw a dotted line between Cyprus to settle down the tensions and the dotted line was passing in the middle of our house. One morning the Turk soldiers barged in our home and asked me to leave the house, I refrained, he put the nozzle of Riffle on my head and warned to shoot me if I didn't obey. Watching death come so close to my door, I accepted the wish as I was so much broken in the past few months, I closed my eyes and waited for the pain, but the bullet never came and as I opened my eyes, I saw the opened door and noone there, after a few days some greek soldiers came asking the same thing but within a much better way, I refused once again, but this time while going back a soldier came to me and asked me the reason for refusal, I told him that my husband was missing and I won't leave the house without him, he listened and then in a very calm voice asked the name of my husband. For a moment I forgot the name but then my heart spoke on its own M...Mmm....mmm... Mic.....Micquel sangrez, I searched in the cupboard and gave him the photo of him. He took the photo and give it a glance and said "i will try my best madam ",and the door was once again closed, the street, the home was frozen in the time with no one to be spotted except the soldiers alert with their weapons. Few soldiers helped me in getting the grocery items and my eyes became the newspapers which were wrapped on the vegetables and breads which were my only support for the next few years. Years passed by just a blink of an eye and I kept on waiting, soldiers departed, few buildings departed, everyone departed except me, but I think my time is up and the day has come to go out.


Last night my Micquel came in my dream, we were on a boat alone just the two of us and he held my hand and said " will you marry me..................." Then after a slight pause "i am waiting for you my love for the past several years just to meet you " tears dropped from his eyes and there was a shakiness in his voice, he controlled his emotions and again kept himself up " I was so alone for the past several years, I am so sorry, I never came back, but now tomorrow we will meet again, this time, we will live on a mountain and ha...... I have not forgotten your anniversary " we both laughed heavily.




Next morning somewhere in the middle of the newspaper, one article said

A 56-year-old lady in the middle of the dotted line residing in his house for the past 30 years found dead and was given a warm goodbye, both side's soldiers paid their respects to the lady, who only came out of the house with her dead body. May she rests in peace...........


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