JUST A DREAM

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It was two weeks after the day she turned eighteen
All dressed in white
Going to the church that night
She had his box of letters in the passenger seat
Sixpence in a shoe, something borrowed, something blue

Two weeks ago I've finally turned eighteen, now I'm dressed in white going to the Kinkowian church with Brady's box of letters on the passenger seat. They're the letters that Brady has sent me ever since he started serving in the war over at Afghanistan, every other week I would get a letter from him saying he's alright and be coming home soon. Before he left to serve his country, he proposed and to have us wed on this certain day since, it was the day we first met each other.

And when the church doors opened up wide
She put her veil down
Trying to hide the tears
Oh she just couldn't believe it
She heard trumpets from the military band
And the flowers fell out of her hand

I've finally arrived with the church doors opened wide. My dad placed the veil on my head and I placed it down on my face to hide the tears of the fact that this is the happiest day of my life, I just couldn't believe it. I walked down the aisle and waited for Brady at the front. When I heard a car coming I thought it was Brady but, instead I heard the trumpets from the military band. That could only mean one thing. " This can't be happening." I said while looking at Boomer with tears brimming both of our eyes, while I dropped the flowers from my hand.

Baby why'd you leave me
Why'd you have to go?
I was counting on forever, now I'll never know
I can't even breathe
It's like I'm looking from a distance
Standing in the background
Everybody's saying, he's not coming home now
This can't be happening to me
This is just a dream

After the leader of Brady's squad told me about Brady isn't coming back I couldn't take what was happening and, I just broke down in front of all of our friends and family. Brady why did you leave me, why did you have to go? I was counting on forever with him and our family, now I'll never know. If feels like I can't even breathe without him. Everybody is saying now he'll never come home. No, this can't be happening to me, not now, not ever...This just has to be a dream!

The preacher man said let us bow our heads and pray
Lord please lift his soul, and heal this hurt
Then the congregation all stood up and sang the saddest song that she ever heard
Then they handed her a folded up flag
And she held on to all she had left of him
Oh, and what could have been
And then the guns rang one last shot
And it felt like a bullet in her heart

It's been two weeks ever since learning of Brady's whereabouts and today is the funeral. Now all of Brady's friends and family are sitting on surfboards with flower leis around their necks in a giant circle in the clear-blue waters of Shredder's Beach, Brady's favorite beach. I'm sitting on my surfboard with a lei around my neck in the center of the circle holding a jar of Brady's ashes. After the shaman said for us to bow our heads and pray and, after he said the Kinkowian spiritual verses, I took the top of the jar off and poured Brady's ashes into the ocean.

I touched the water with my hand and said, " I remember on this very spot you and Boomer won back Shredder's Beach and made my dad the big Kahula here, thank you." As part of the funeral everyone took off their lei's and tossed it toward the center where I was. Then, I slowly took off my lei and made it into a heart and gently placed it on top of his ashes. " Try not to wreck havoc up there will ya?" I asked while looking up to the skies where I know Brady will be watching me. Then, I started paddling back towards shore to where everyone else were.

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