Did you know her, did you know her well,
a body is being carried in a body bag,
by the roadside as the traffic swells,
did you know her, did you know her well says the woman,
to another woman with tears in her eyes,
a woman shocked and surprised and traumatised,
traumatised to see someone killed,
and run over in front of her eyes,
someone she did not know very well,
but death is death,
and numbness and shock descends upon you so quickly,
and we all have our own tales to tell,
and how much of the world I wonder,
is going through the same,
the same thing at any one time,
going through hell,
and how we all wish we could prolong death,
but unfortunately, unfortunately, it is not going very well.