Heartbeat ~ a tribute
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Last published Mon, Jun 7, 2021
People die everyday.
You can blame anyone. Anyone you may think that is responsible for robbing the planet of a soul. You can blame doctors, friends, parents, anyone who couldn't do enough to save that person. And when someone can't do enough, it feels like they hardly did anything at all. I know. I've been there. I know that they did all they could for my best friend, but nothing could save her, no amount of medical treatment, no amount of care. That was a robbery, a robbery of not just a soul. A robbery of all the light and happiness in the world, in my world at least. I wasn't going to write anything, I didn't think I could muster up the strength to, but she deserves this. She deserves better. So let me do the least I can. This is for you Kat.
People die everyday. You only notice when someone you know is one of them.
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