The truth is that it hurts because its real, it hurts because it mattered.

“my lungs sucked at being lungs.”

“I thought at first that she was just dead. Just darkness...I thought about the …”

“I would not be dying if it were not for her. I would have stayed home, as I hav…”

“Above us, the wind blew and the branching shadows rearranged themselves on our …”