Coolest thing this afternoon,

I was playing in the school courtyard,

with my friends,

had my eye on a special girl,

she comes to play all the time,

we were happy little kids,

skipping rope and playing tag

when a fireworks went off

right at our feet,

the smoke was intense,

and pieces of metal flew everywhere.

It all happened so fast that when I looked over,

she was gone, I didn’t get a chance to say hello.

She was lying on the ground,

a sea of red fury enveloping her young body,

the smoke was heavy

we were done with playing in the school yard for the day,

our parents arrived to take us home.

our parents arrived, a few of them, to take us home.