Someday, when someone asks me, "How and where do you find your inspiration to write?" My reply would be that I remembered, fondly. Precious memories of the wars of my time, though vague, that strange day when the hailstorm hit our roofs and I thought that the world was coming to an end, as I heard people frantically shouting from inside their houses, until I plucked up the courage to run outside and pick up the ice that fell down from the skies, only then did my fear recede. I thought then that the clouds had grown so cold that the rain inside them had turned to ice. I looked up at the sky - and it was a snowscape with no traces of blue. Just a long sheet of an iced grey sky, stretching as far as the eye could see. I was used to the blue skies and bright sunny days, so this was strange to me.
I had never heard of weather phenomena or climate change until recently. Maybe I was a little too young then. We still breathed fresh air and walked about freely, unlike now, when the stench of pollution overwhelms, and the fear from our namesakes is so real. What a sorry state of affairs. The hailstorm only hit our part of the world once, and I have never experienced it since. Perhaps, even then, it was a warning to look out for the environment.
There are warnings of every kind that people are afraid to recognise nowadays. The current wars are bitter feuds that are breaking up an educated world. Clubs, hammers and swords are not used in this nuclear age. These days, we have advanced beyond predictability and understanding where weapons are concerned. Over the years, wars have heightened and worsened, and I wonder if it will ever end. Now, the people whom the leaders represent live fearful lives. No one is assured of security or safety anymore. One fight leads to another, and there's never a winner since revenge is always on their minds.
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