OS Prompt 1.9: I will remember this moment, forever.

[thecricketer]

I will remember this moment, forever.

I will remember the distant steel bursting silently into flame as it approaches the Earth, christening a new dawn with the death of a child.

I will remember the tears they shed, the accusations in their eyes, the trembling of their words.

I will remember the feel of shattered brilliance piercing my palm and falling with my blood.

I will remember feeling utterly, uselessly helpless.

I remember so that it will never happen again.

I will remember this moment, forever.

I will remember the quiet determination on her features, and knowing then that I could not change her path.

I will remember the chaste feel of her lips on my skin, a silent goodbye imprinted in my senses.

I will remember those words, harbinger of the image of her vacant body, giving all it could give and dying alone.

I will remember feeling utterly, uselessly helpless.

I remember so that it never happens again.

I will remember this moment, forever.

I will remember the fierce obstinacy in her eyes, so familiar, so much more infuriating than usual.

I will remember the sound of her laughter, the fond words as she says goodbye, the feel of her embrace.

I will remember gazing at her and knowing that I could fix it, and being unable

I will remember feeling utterly, uselessly helpless.

I remember, long after I die as well.