Sirens wailed
Time seemed to have slowed
I wondered
As I peeked out the car window
A woman cried
A man, so angry
A child feared
Me, a passerby
I looked on with curiosity
Their lives
Whether so beautiful
Or unbelievably ugly
Were now engulfed
By hazing flames
Were now bruised
By the monstrous dent
Were now dimmed
By the broken headlights
Were any of them hurt?
Will they have enough money for repairs?
Will the parents fight?
Will the child cry?
Will they ever be the same again?
Its bizarre
How everything could
shatter
In one short breath
How everything could
Be overcomed by
Misfortune
Erasing the smiles
Of yesterday
Their lives are broken.
But it doesn’t affect me
Their lives aren’t mine
I’ll drive past the melting metal
The ash-covered skeleton
The burning tires
Then
I’ll move on
To me
In the end
They were just
faceless victims
I won’t even remember
this night
Yet, to them
This was the night
Screams wailed
Hearts bleed
Tears dropped
Like atomic bombs
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.