Truth Defined

The dirt clings to my fingers, I scrub and scrub but it won’t leave me.

The blood stains on my jeans are still there, wash after wash only more bright.

The night still brings a chill of desperation, echoing sirens in the night

Torment me.

Was there nothing I could do

Nothing anyone could do

Our fates were sealed as one, the tragedy felt by all

There was a calm to the day

One that made you believe that nothing out of the ordinary would happen

But a few flashes, a few hours and a few events later and we were wrong

Left behind unsure of what had happened, we searched to help

Nothing could we do that night but watch in quite desperation

A sadness filled the air as a few of us looked at each other and knew

This was the start of something that we all knew would come,

Wars, death, caous, destruction, despair

These all took on new meanings for us

I am unsure who started it, but we all started gathering clothes and food

A few of us headed out to find some trucks and vans

We loaded up what we could and ran

A small ban, a small army

Unsure of what tomorrow would bring

The only certainty was that we were headed to safety

Sirens and despair were all about

Our group was moving

Sirens blazed past us a furry of color and sound

Screams heard everywhere, people searching for the lost

Crying when they found a dead or mangled body

We ran. Out of the city

Out of the light that had been consumed by darkness

We only knew to survive was to live

Hours went by

Not a single word spoken

Eyes were the great communicator

We found a spot

Like a castle it was

High gates, secure entry

Ample opportunity

Still in unloading our trucks and Vans 7 in all

No one spoke a word, 20 people working side by side

Silent as the wind

When the work was done

And all was safe inside the high forteres