The image of the bright lights, the speeding car, my best friend running out into the road

the shrieks and screams, the blood, the sirens

the flashing lights, the caution tape, the people yelling

the medics taking him away

The all of those images flashed over and over again in my mind

They took him away from me

Away from us

Away from the living world

The doors of the ambulance closing and speeding off

Taking all my hope, love, joy and happiness with it

The sound of the sirens fading away

as they rushed to the hospital to try to revive him rang in my head

And just like the sirens, all the life left in the other half of my soul faded too