a hurt so deep it cuts like a knife

a wound that will never heal and a 

scar that will never fade and a

boy that won't know his own name

and a girl who can't remember the way it

feels to fall asleep without

the monsters' shadows flickering

on the walls and her own

screams distrubing the peace and a 

sad,

sad

story 

no one would hear. 

a punch to the gut

a bullet to the brain

the pained cries of a now childless mother

and the slient tears of a father who barely knew his own son

and a sister who can't remember how to breathe

and a brother who can't recall the color of his own eyes

and a broken family who will never be whole again. 

a lonely girl who cries every night

remembers the taste of blood on her lips

and a friend who is breaking under the weight

and a terrified father, lost and confused

and a tragic accident no one else will remember.