Me and Dad

The night was raining all. Like water poured from the sky. Lightning grabbed fought each other. Such as natural atmosphere was showing his anger, like watching the sky crying. which is clearly visible by a pair of clear eyes. She  could see a flash of light from above his bed grabbing each other, through the cracks in the walls or roof leaks.

"No .. please .. please don’t take my father.! Don’t take my father away.! please ..! "

"No ..!"

"Hey kid, wake up dear." He patted her shoulder. With a choked breath and sweat trickling down her forehead, and she was awakened by his  voice. "Son, you had a bad dream again? he said.

"Yes  dad.." replied the little girl.

"Okay, now you have to sleep again. Don't worry, it was just a dream. "He said, then pulled back the blanket to her.

She was seven years old. but it's been almost a month he lay ill. In a little shack she lived alone. Because when night, her father went to make a living.

"I have to go dear, and earn money to buy your medicine." His father said before leaving.

"But dad, I'm afraid to be alone." He complained.

"It's okay, nothing will be happen dear.." he replied

"if it rains, what about you?," he whined. "What if we are hit by flooding as two years ago?" She remembers when her house swept away.

Her father was stunned for a moment. Then, "do not think that is such a pity. I will not go long. Pray that I can get money tonight .. "

Finally, she could not prevent him. She  could only see his back that has been bent, to disappear behind the door. She could still hear the footsteps of his father who collided with a stick. until his voice disappeared. Then, she lived alone in a hut cold and damp.

To forget the pain, she tried to imagine the fun moments in life. when her mother was still alive. That's the best time in her life. "Why did God call my mom so quickly?" she said. She knew, since her mother died, her life changed so difficult. She lived with her father who is old as a masseuse around the village. He often felt hungry, because not all the people want to massage all the time. In fact, sometimes her dad came home with empty-handed.

Suddenly she felt a tightening in his chest. Oh .. sick once, even stabbing pain through her body. She wanted to scream and ask for help. However, as her mouth locked tight. She gasped in pain, moaning alone. She did not know the conditions around it. rushing water began to inundate her home, slowly breaks into the house. Her bed is almost entirely flooded. She screamed and asked for help. "Dad.! Help me dad..! Please. "She moaned.

Everyone ran to seek shelter, and there in the corner of the village, there is a small mosque building is higher than the other. Then she and her father immediately went there. And when she got there,  they   are immediately went inside and started looking for a place to sit and rest.

The mosque was full with all the people affected by the floods. "Dad, are we going to survive?" She moaned.

"Don't say like that dear, we will definitely survive. relief will come soon ". He said quietly.

"But I'm afraid dad" she said. "Do not be afraid, son, I'm here. dad will always protect you, "he said, hugging Nisa.

Far into the night. The mosque was filled with screams and cries. so many people are crying because of his family who died, because his property which could not be saved.

But for Nisa, no matter her house away with the tide, no matter she should lose her home. The most important thing for her is, she still able to live alone with her father.

"Dad .." she called. "Yes dear, can you promise me?" she said. "For what?" he said.

"promise that you'll never leave me" she said quietly. "Yes, I promise. I will never leave you. I love you, dear." he replied

And in the night, when everyone is asleep. She  can look at the sky, the sky was full of dancing stars.