smoke
all i could see was smoke
and flashing lights
everything is gone
all gone
what surprised me most, though,
was the absence of pain
there was one thing
on my mind
my family standing beside me
could never be replaced
that "everything" isn't really gone
**my family, standing beside me,
could never be replaced
I wrote this for my best friend, who's house burned down today. Her family is okay, so thank god.