ECHOES OF THE BANG

There were a few still moments
when everything was silent
that was the moment when
you left us

like a gunshot
the decaying echoes
of the BANG remain
drifting out in all directions
across the land

And slowly things restarted their lives
the birds yelled after the echo
and the bugs buzzed on their way
and I stood alone
watching the sky
for signs of you
maybe a rainbow
or a comet
or a jet trail

nothing

Most things around me don't remember the BANG
They may remember the echo
Clanging and bouncing off of mountains and buildings
Moving like pinball away from me
They didn't feel it rip through them
they didn't feel it tear the memories away
like meat off a bone
They didn't lose what I lost
They didn't see the destruction it left behind