I opened the window shade, for noon i’ve never seen it so dark. The clouds began to part, I ran outside with tears streaming down my cheeks. It was cold, oh so cold. I see down the block people coming out of their homes, and looking skyward. Some holding frightened children, kissing them for what may be a possible final time toghther. There were also people screaming and crying. Then there were people who ran or went to hide. I fell to my knees, crying but yet no sound escaped my lips. My face fell into my palms, and then there was the noise. A noise so horrible, so vile, not yet heard by humans. It was the noise of death. Not just a single death but the death of a planet. I again looked skyward, and the wind picked up. The clouds were parted into a hole. There in the hole was a light so bright, too bright and getting brighter. My mom ran outside and tried to pull me inside. I wouldn’t move, and she stayed we hugged and watched the light. This was it.

December 21, 2012, It happened without warning.