I hear the screech of breaks
The smash of metal
that's what my ears are telling me,
but my eyes refuse to speak through my closed lids
as i try to sleep through the night
I hear a scream and tears well up behind my eyes but i do not cry
I'd never learn what it was that happened that night as i slept in my bed
I heard all of it happen, maybe a block away
I bit my hand to keep from crying and even today i can hear the woman scream in tune with the breaks
I hope she survived
and all this does is remind us all how fragile life is at all hours of night and day as the wreck echoes on time after time with people that die
and maybe there's other people like me who hear it all but are afraid even to move incase we too might fall
and all we can do is pray
