Sorry?

by Leah Nicole
(Chicago, Illinois)

as the fire drifted slowly, following the trail of gasolin. i watched. in fear, and regret. i had no idea what to do now. in a few minutes i would watch, as the house you are now alone in, comes down in front of me. i felt the need to apologize, but to who? i can't even say a word to you now. i haven't even spoke to you in over a week and yet i feel saying sorry will help. but i know that no matter what i do now won't help one bit.
my heart started to race as the entire house started catching flame. i wanted to turn and walk away but i just couldn't. i wanted to call out to you with any hope you'd yell back.
i could hear the sirens behind me and had absolutely no clue what to do.
so what did i do? well, the question is, what do you think i did?