Dear Dad,

I knew in my heart that last Christmas would be the last one we would spend together. I tried my best to burn the memories of that day in my mind. I wanted to be able to come back to them. I wanted to be able to hold on to them since I forget so [...]

When I’m eighty I’ll finally realize how much of my life I lost to you.

I was thinking of you the other day. Just like I do every day, but this time seems to have stapled itself to my memory. The staple has proved to be far more stable than the A-typical Post It note that many of my thoughts tend to be lost on.  I was contemplating about how much [...]

Imagine
In that moment
A million needles piercing your heart
You know it’s the end
You say your goodbyes in your mind because no one is around
You think about the CD you just made and how they could play every last song at your funeral

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I will lose all of you to me
I will lose you individually becuase my focus is only on me
My death
My lack of life
My wisdom that has come far to soon to be peaceful
I was told there were things to change
Things that must change for a second chance
It’s just that I was too consumed to make [...]