The buildings did not crumble as I expected, nor did the earth shake beneath me, nor did fires sweep through my world. A bomb of regret exploded inside me with a muffled sound, without casualties or damage. I sat on the edge of the bed like a survivor who did not expect to make it through her war. Without wailing, gasping, or even tensing my facial muscles, I was a stone shedding its tears in silence. After ten minutes, those rituals of regret ended, I wiped my tears and laid my head on the pillow. If conscience does not sleep, then why did I sleep so soundly!

• Subject: Stories
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: First
• Number of Pages: 124
• Author: Iman Al-Najjar
• Publisher: Dar Fadaat
• Language: Arabic