CHOICES

"Sweetie, please put down the gun," said Mum almost in a trembling state.

"Shoot this criminal Jude!" Dad cried from a suppressed position.

I stood there in my pajamas torn between choices. I held steady my trembling hands and stiffened my fingers as I held the pistol pointed at the masked man.

The pistol slided towards me during dad's short fight with the masked man who finally triumphed.

In a split second, the masked man dashed towards me. I was terrified. Then a loud sound blasted through, swinging me aback.

In a moment, I realised the masked man dipping in his pool of blood. I checked the masked man to see if he was truly wounded.

I felt the tension in the air. It made me feel powerful like Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie "Commando".

I wanted to do this again — to feel like a hero. I looked at my palms, they were stained with blood. But I was only seven years old.

Now here I am, being 30 years old and siting in jail. I wish I could turn back the hands of time and listened to my Mum 23 years ago.

The very moment I squeezed the trigger I was changed. I felt a switch turned on in me. I wanted more of that raw action but I had no guidance. Only people who pointed me to the wrong direction.


©️Ben Danor

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