Late at night there was a knock then sobs from down below
I did not understand, how was I to truly know
My father came up the stairs and I pretended to be asleep
Never had my dad cried, that night he did weep
The next morning he was not at work but home which he never was
My young mind thought it was just because
A teacher offered sympathy thinking I knew, I never said
That was how I found out my aunt was dead
A strange teacher told me out of pure ignorance
I did NOT believe it, I was just too dense
My aunt could not be dead; I had seen her just the day before
We had made plans to do something more
Then my mom came to the school and said it was true
My world crashed and I did not know what to do
I did not tell that I had already heard but left for home in tears
I am still not sure how I feel after all these years
A simple plot rests where her body does sleep now
With her life went my family anyhow
We broke apart and barely even speak these days
When they are back I can not meet their gaze
My aunt moved to the south with husband number three
My dad cheated then moved to a new city
Both grandfathers have plots in that cemetery all their own
Leaving us here all alone
When that car crossed that line and hit her dead
My family went to rest in that same bed
We may all live out the rest of these final years
But they will always be filled with tears
Forever that night will haunt me within my dreams
That knocking door, those silent screams
The tears that glistened in that hollow light
That is what I remember of that night
Dedicated to my aunt Steph who died in a car accident and to all those people who die in car related accidents every year
