The girl stood on the pier, watching with a sense of awe and dread as the ship burned in the middle of the ocean. The rain and thunder of the storm only seemed to make the scene more dramatic. She wondered what could have happened, who was on board, and why no one had been able to save them. As she watched, she felt a deep sorrow for the crew, and a sense of loneliness that she could not explain. In that moment, she knew that life was fragile, and that nothing was certain