(essay)

Screams… Are they different? If so, what does it depend on? Do the screams depend on the time or the situation? The first cry occurs during the birth. You’re screaming, so you’re alive. Then you scream because only life is not enough. “Eat!” “Drink!” “It hurts!” “Where’s Mommy?!”

And after some time, “Leave me along, Mom!” “I know it myself!” “I can do it myself!” “I’m on my own!”

And you are on your own… There’s no one else to shout at. Although no. Wait. You can get married. And yelling, yelling, yelling at your husband, children, dog. “Why do we even need a dog?!”

One day you walk into a room to hug a child, but you hear, “Leave me along, Mom!”