She was so scared and her eyes were puffy from crying hard.They have been moving from one place to another and she doesn't have any idea what's happening.Her dad had to put her under the care of some stranger.Her dad instructed the the young man to look after her while he's gone. She was crying clutching on her daddy's arm pleading him to take her with him. "Daddy,I'm scared.Please don't leave me here"the girl pleaded in between sobs.Her dad looked her in the eye and kissed her in the forehead.He promised her everything will be fine,he needed to talk to a tribal leader.The girl cried harder while her dad wiped her tears ."Sweetie,I just need to talk to someone " he was pointing to a heavily tattooed man wearing a g-string impatiently waiting nearby.The man was holding a sharp pointed spear on his right hand."Just wait for daddy,I'll be just near you okay?" his daddy assured her.Her dad kissed her and went to meet the tribal leader waiting impatiently. The girl was watching from a distance.She doesn't have any idea what's happening or what her dad and that tribal leader was discusing.But she can hear their voices raising and she had a feeling the conversation between them is getting intense.The girl noticed the tribal leader has a few men with her.Maybe his guards or something she thought.They were just wearing a thong and their bodies were covered with tats.The true color of their skin was almost irrecognizable because they were heavily tattooed from head to foot.The girl got more scared because they look dangerous and cruel. The girl remembered stories that her Apuh (grandma) use to tell her about tribal wars.Apuh told her that the tattoo on a tribal man's body symbolizes strength and heroism.The more they kill,the more tattoos they earn.Most tribal leaders according to her Apuh wear either a bracelet or a necklace made from a wild animal's teeth.It is a symbolism of their bravery .According to her Apuh,most of the tribal leaders' houses were decorated with human skulls killed during war.The more skull they collected the more powerful they become.Their strength and leadership was being measured by how many people they have killed.The thought of it made her shiver and she was afraid thinking of what the that man might do to her father. Her father was talking to the tattooed man intensely.The tribal leader was arguing with her father and she doen't like what she's hearing.All of a sudden,the man gave a weird shrieking sound sort of like a haul and tribesmen were all over the place.They were armed with spears and bolo's and they look like they can kill anytime.They were actually used to killing .They were staring at the girl's father fiercely like pack of wolves ready to tear him apart. The girl's father gave a signal to the young man who was looking after her. He said something she didn't understand.At her father's signal,the man carried her and ran as fast as he can.They were past that village already and have climbed one of those railway up to the other village real quick.Everything happened so fast.The girl was so confused.She heard people screaming.Perhaps from the villagers.She also heard children and women screaming and wailing too and she got all the more scared.She knew the tribesmen attacked her village.It has been a problem for a long time.Their village was more modernized than any other villages but still they are the center of the tribal attack.She hoped that someday,the government of this country will will intercede and end this barbaric prac They arrive safely to another village that she never heard off.She saw soldiers this time.At first she ran away and hide but when she saw one of the soldiers smiled at her and offered her bread,she relaxed.She was convinced this place was indeed safe.Suddenly,someone was calling her."Namay! Namay! " the girl turned around and saw her mother and her two younger brother and sisters running towards her.She cried out of joy running as fast as she can meeting them halfway.She hugged her younger sister and mother tight and kissed her baby brother Ilmac.Her brother just turned 3 months and she feels sorry that he was born in such a chaotic time.,She was glad to be reunited with her mother,sister and brother .She took her sister's hand and told her to never let go of her hand no matter what happens.They were asked by the man to follow him.They have to go to another place safer but to be able to do so,they have to pass through a wooden hanging bridge.The guy who escorted the girl disappeared for a moment and came back with an older tribal man.He was probably a friend of his.She was told that this man will guide them and keep them safe to the other side.The girl led the way holding her sister close to her .They were midway when she heard a loud explosion.Everything went blank and foggy for a while.She can't see anything but it's good thing her sister held on her hand tightly.When the fog settled she saw blood all over.She saw dead people everywhere.She heard multiple gunshots and hauling like that of the tribesmen she heard earlier.Men are attacking each other.She tried searching for her mom and her brother.She looked back and saw her mother and baby brother left on the other side of the foot bridge.The bridge was divided into two and got her separated with her mom.The passage was destroyed.Her mother and baby brother was left behind.Her mom was clutching her little brother close to her.Her mother can't walk.She seemed in pain.The girl noticed her mother's blood dripping from her forehead.The girl was screaming trying to get back to her mother but she can't as the passage was broken and she don't know how to get back.Her mother smiled at her from a distance and motioned her to keep going."Look after your sister my dear.I know you are strong and responsible.Run and never look back" her mom told her struggling and wincing in pain.The girl was crying all the more.She made an attempt to get back to fetch her mother and brother but the man hired to keep them safe grabbed her and her sister and carried them both on his strong arms.She was crying so hard that she don't even have any idea where they are headed and how long they have been walking.They finally arrived into another place and they were met by a young man wearing a G-String.The girl was initially scared as this reminded her of the men she encountered earlier.But the man seemed nice and kind.He asked them to go inside an improvised floating nipa hut made of bamboo and coconute leaves.This time,the guy her father hired to look after her bid her goodbye.He assured the little girl that the young man wearing a G-String is a good man and a good friend and that he be the one to look after them.The girl asked the man where they're headed but the man just told her to a place safer . The guy asked the young man probably an eighteen year old to take good care of her and her younger "ading" or younger sister.She was tired and hungry from running all day long.It was already night time and the cold weather was wasting her off.She pulled her sister towards her and she fell asleep.When she woke up,she felt the warm rays of the sun penetrating through the small holes of the nipa hut.She don't know how long she slept.The young man noticed she was already awake.He got them fresh fish and fresh coconut for breakfast.It was the first meal she ever had since yesterday and she realized how hungry she was.She fed her sister too.The young man was amused watching her and her little sister eating hungrily.He told them to eat as much as they need strength for a whole day travel.The young man disappeared for an hour and when he returned ,he came with a boy driving a carriage only instead of a horse,it was pulled by a carabao..The young man asked the girl to go inside with her sister.They got inside and she was surprised to see few scared kids inside.She was asked by the young man to assist them.Like her,they were probably rescued from the village.After sometime,all the kids cry themselves to sleep including her sister. She pulled her knees to herself and started sobbing.She was crying again remembering everything she witnessed..She was crying thinking of her father,mother and baby brother.They were heading to another village she can tell.She observed most of the people from the village they passed by were farmers .Their village seemed peaceful while hers was probably painted with blood.She knew her father sent her away to keep her safe.But what's the point of living with all these bloody and painful memories? She can't be happy without them.With everything she saw,she never will.It was too much to bear and she can never ever forget what she witnessed.She was crying.Crying for everything.She missed her father's warm hugs and kiss.She was so sad but there's no one to comfort her.She cried herself to sleep! rrrrrrrriiiiinnnnggggggg!!!! I was awaken by the strong sound from my alarm clock! I woke up sobbing.I realized I have been dreaming again and worst I'm crying ! I have been having these random weird dreams for over a year now.I don't get it or it's not making sense to me but as usual,it bothers me everytime. Oh well,time to wake up.I have to prepare for work.I look myself in a mirror and I didn't like what I saw.Well,I didn't look like someone who just woke up from a good sleep.I look like an old woman who never slept in 48 years! I hate it!
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