Walking home from school.
Conversations with friends.
The laughter of young women.
An ordinary day.
Then darknessrushes in at speed.
Screams rise.
Pain twists the air.
Cries call out for help.
Their everyday lifevanishes.
Was it a fleeting whim?
The cruelty of the universe?
The mercilessness of a god?
Only screams remain.
And the onewho shattered that day—
stands there,stunned into silence.