The Tragedy

Cold, so cold... The wetness of my clothes clung to my body as if gravity itself was pulling them to me. The wind, the rain... The car was now starting to lose its grasp on the pavement below. The water had risen to its windows, the current was just too strong. Shivers of terror, shivers of coldness... The car was overtaken by the unruly water. Helpless, hopeless, powerless... what could be done? All I could do is watch as the car disappeared from sight, as the darkness enveloped it.

We had been coming home through the torrential rain from a late evening engagement in a town outside of Marble Falls. We had just stopped to refuel our car, and I was drenched with water during the process. My mom was struggling to see the road, when she saw what looked to be two sets of brake lights in the distance. When we came closer, we saw that two 18-wheelers had stopped in the middle of the road. We weren't sure why until we saw the raging flood water that was only 10 feet in front of them. It was about 4 feet over the road and there was a car that was stuck in the middle of the water. An ambulance came to help, but soon left after realizing it was no match for the monster of swirling debris and currents that challenged their rescue mission.

Can you imagine the despair and discouragement of seeing what you think will save you, but only to find that it's left you to fend for yourself? ...

So that's the story that's been on my mind. In the end, I don't know if they were ever rescued. Indubitably, it's a tragedy.

I'll try write a happier story, soon. Until then...

Brent the Magnificent