That Moment

2 min readApr 9, 2024

I tried to run, but I could not feel my legs

The sensation, the moment, it was too much to bear

I tried so hard, but my efforts amounted to naught

I opened my mouth to scream, to shout out in retaliation

But no sound came out

Again and again, I attempted to call out to you

But the frustration welled up in my throat and choked me speechless

Despite my anguished silence, there was an incessant

Screaming in my head, the screams of the fear of losing you

My face was wet with all the tears I shed in that single moment

Fragments of my soul leaving me, trying to flow to you

The expression that I displayed was indescribable

Such was the unspeakable terror that flashed through my mind

A deep, heavy pit rested itself in my core

The pain was so great, I felt that I might burst

I was shaking, the feeling of weakness drowning me in its despair

I realized there wasn’t anything I could do, not the least

Bit in which I could save you from your undesireable fate

The rain fell. Too cold were the droplets and the depths

Of my soul

The night was still, but that was the worst kind of torture

For this situation

Everyone can hear you in a motionless and sable night

Tell me, what do I have if there is absolutely nothing

Left to live for?

Everything is lost in that timeless moment, the moment

I’ll never, ever forget, the moment when you were taken

And I never saw you again

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Written by Alice Cashman