It was a stormy night

Everyone was filled with fright

No one knew what to do

Women were filled with sadness

Men were filled with madness

And the children stared hopefully at you

Questions followed

Answers hollowed

And no one knew why

Hope resisted

Fear persisted

Everybody started to say,"Goodbye"

But,people kept going

Already knowing

That it might not work

Some yelling and chanting

Some heaving and panting

Both fell face-down in the dirt

When things wear out

We sometimes think about

What we've done

But,soon we forget

And,again we interpret

That we know what we'll become