The clock ticks louder and louder
My hair drifts into my face as I blow it away
The pen scratches on the paper slowly
Suddenly the silence is too much to bear
The radio starts playing music
Then the static erupts over the air
My head creaks over to view the radio
It screams of pain and death
My pen drops to the ground
My heart sinks to the floor
My hands start yanking my hair
It's lying
I know it is
Nothing like that could ever happen
But in my heart I know it's real
That's why the pain is so fierce
I will never be the same again
America will never be the same again
I collapse on the floor
My feet too weary to hold me
The radio shrieks violently
I throw it on the ground
The sound slowly dies away
The only sound is my sniffling as tears fall
My heart slowly shatters into pieces
As I lay on the floor alone a thought occurs
Would I always be alone like this?
The answer was strikingly clear
Yes.
Life will never be the same again.