One Died that Night

Normal days,

tragic endings,

I was playing games,

you were seeing lights,

I was listening to background noise and music,

you were hearing sirens.

Glass breaking,

life shattering,

cars crashing,

I didn't know it til it was too late.

Everything was broken,

and I wasn't there to be holding your hand,

you saw the world stop turning,

I could feel my heart burning, 

waiting to know if you were alive.

When they looked at me words unspoken,

I knew my world was broken,

and you weren't there to be holding my hand,

all I could taste was this moment,

coppery,

metallic,

red,

I'd bleed just to know you were alive,

but I saw your eyes,

you were gone.

One died,

but two lives were lost that night.