The Night had passed

We thought we would die, we thought we wouldn't survive; until someone told us The Night had Passed.

We could breathe again and we could live again; it was the greatest danger we had ever surpassed.

The storm had killed many, the storm had destroyed many, the storm had taken our courage away,

But now it felt like we had won, now it felt like we had earned our right to see the beautiful Day.

We looked at each other and smiled, we looked at each other and hell, some of us* even cried.

We knew deep down inside that we had beat Death today and that it couldn't take us, even though it tried.

Some of us lost everything, some of us lost ourselves and some of us even lost hope in fate,

But we will help them for we had beat all odds, for we had grown from all our feelings of hate.

We slowly came out and saw destruction, we slowly came out and saw the damage amassed,

But we could build it all again for we had Lived when the others died, and finally : The Night had Passed.

(A dedication to all the earthquake and natural disaster victims around the world)