Things we lost to the flame

Things we'll never see again

All that we've amassed

Sits before us, shattered into ash

We sat and made a list

Of all the things that we have

Down the backs of table tops

Ticket stubs and your diaries I read them all one day

Flames they licked the walls

Tenderly they turned to dust all that I adore

~ Bastille, 'Things We Lost In The Fire'

My knees buckled as I watched all crumble before me. It put me in a place of superiority- a place that I didn't want. The bodies burnt to bone, the bone to ashes. The building fell to my feet, previously towering above me like a great monster. I could hear the screams, the crying around me, yet I could not react. I was overcome with emotions, ultimately unable to show any. Multiple depressing thoughts were running through my mind.

Had my family made it out unharmed?

Is anyone I know still inside?

What will I find in the aftermath?

I wasn't sure whether I wanted the answers to any of them. I covered my mouth with my hands, a gasp tearing its way past my lips. All that we'd saved up for- burnt to dust. All we had built- fallen to the mercy of a monster. All I owned and loved... gone.

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My heart goes out to everyone affected by the fire...