Don't Do not Disturb

Don't Do not Disturb
Illustration: Murathan Biliktu

No one likes disruption, and no one likes to be disturbed.However, the greatest disruptors are often those who hypocritically criticize others for opposing the very disruption they themselves have caused. Honestly, disruption is necessary when people are being forced to leave their homes, and when these individuals fight back with counter disruption, it is unjust to complain about how unprofessional or savage they are with their disruptive methods. Disturb the disturber. They are disturbed, unable to think straight.

I try not to be disturbed, but it haunts me in my sleep, forcing me to shed tears because that's where I lose control, and it is deeply unsettling. It's neither a nightmare nor a dream. Instead, it's a realization of what I strive not to acknowledge — the unfolding of events I choose to ignore, and the looming threat of a terrible catastrophe that might unveil itself either this year or within the next seven years.

Fighters fight, and soldiers die because death is their duty. I only mourn for those who never chose to be one.