Learn To Swim I was hovering quietly over the water, watching the city wake up to the sun, smog and daily grind. I wasn't alone and my feet were not my source of stability. I whispered to Emily, "Watch what happens.. and stay close to me." The earth started to shake the buildings shatterd and the bridge started to buckle. I told her, "It's not over... this all is happening for a reason." The cement barriers were chained to the bridge's edge. They smashed back down after each jolt... Like a broken record the noise was the same. For a spilt second all was quiet. Screams and sadness filled the air and the bridge collapsed. The sun peaked over the ridge casting a ray of sunshine down over the debris filled ocean and it was over. I remember hovering over him on the shore line. He was clinging to something I do not know yet what it was... He lay lifeless in the water with eye's wide open. The pain in his face showed the horror of the quake and all I could do was know it all had to come to pass...