A New World

[Featured in the Chinese Writers Association's online literature showcase, "Writing the Spirit of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression"]

Her eldest son left with the guerrillas. She did not stop him.

Her second son left with the guerrillas. She did not interfere.

Her third son left with the guerrillas. This time, she went with him.

The woodcutter shivers in the cold, the weaver has no clothes, and a loving mother feeds her young with her own blood. Such has always been the suffering of this world. Yet now, a red flag flies in the wind, and brave souls forge a path. They followed, trembling with fear, and gathered beneath the flag, still half in doubt. Until, at last, they accepted their rifles with wholehearted conviction and gave themselves over completely, body and soul, to that red flag. For no other reason than to win a different world!