As the music pounded

As your body moved to that same beat

Thump Thump Thump

Base moving at the rhthym of your own heart

racing

even faster as you see the blue haired boy

his eyes shining under the neon lights

teeth glowing under UV

He is beautiful

And you feel beautiful

Thump Thump Bang

The smile on his face is gone

And replaced by a look of pure

Pure

Terror.

And you turn, confused

And then you are a deer

lost in the flashing headlights

of the barrel

and you think in a moment

a flash

a bullet of light

of your mother's eyes when love won

of your father's eyes as he finally grew

to love you for who you were

of your personal heroism

and this is lost

in a

single

bang.

the thump thump thump

is gone

your future with the beautiful blue boy

is gone

your future

is gone

and what is the response

of the news

the politicians

nothing.

their response is filled with white noise

and nothing

they drone on and on and on

about

"terror"

but they don't seem to care

about that moment of pure agony and fear

that flash

so turn off your tv screen

crumple up the paper

and sit for a moment

and pray

pray for the brave who lost their lives

pray for their families who accepted their choice

they were heroes in their own lives

that ended too soon.

let them grief in peace

and may they rest in peace.