--Never did I know--

Never did I know
that day would be my last day
Never did I know
that truck would run that red light
Never did I know
then entire left side of my body
would be obliterated
Never did I know
I would feel every bone crunch
and every vein snap
Never did I know
that I would be there watching my mother cry
at my funeral
Never did I know
that afterwards, my father would kill himself
Never did I know
that my mother would descend into drugs
Never did I know
that my little sister Sierra would
be thrown into a foster care system
Never did I know
that Sierra would later join me
when she was 15 after living through
sexual, as well as physical abuse from her foster father
Little did I know
I would get a second chance,
to fix this all.