A night gone so wrong

A night gone so wrong, a night gone so wrong.

It was just another night.
A night like so many others.
Everyone doing their own thing.
I was just a baby back then.

Even then though I knew you loved me.
I remember some of those good old days.
The days before the World I knew shattered.
The World shattered around me the day you left.

Life can be so unfair.
So quick to change it all.
No way to know why it happened at all.
The path for all of us left behind, changed that night.

Some recovered better than other and some moved on a little sooner.
Nobody though will ever forget you.
Nobody will ever forget that tragic night.
Emblazoned in our memories for eternity.

You were too young to go.
And in such a tragic way.
So close to home but yet never going home again.
Well, at least not here on Earth.

The night was so normal.
You went to stay with friend.
Just a street away you went to stay.
Then it all turned so wrong.

The quiet night was filled with sirens.
It got all of our attention.
We looked out to see.
Our attention focused on what we saw.

Our hearts raced as we knew that is where you were.
The sky filled with smoke.
The sky filled with flames.
It was no game.

They tried and tried to get to you.
But they simply could not get through.
The both of you would pass before the fire got to you.
Thanks to God for at least that.

The World changed that night.
It changed forever.
Everyone’s path took a different route.
The family tried to be strong but it struggled with you gone.

No way to make sense of the tragedy of that day.
Two beautiful young souls gone way too soon.
And two families were hurting at their very core.
Some found better ways than others to make it through.

Some still cry when they think of you.
We will always miss the two of you.
That night emblazoned in our hearts.
Memories of a night gone so wrong.