• Roses




    To the love I’ve lost, in the sea of death.


    As I walk up and down the halls of my house, I can still never get him out of my head. Those last words he told me: “The dead will always walk the earth, and be with the living.” I still didn’t know what he meant by that. Of course I was only twelve at the time. Three years have past and I’ve never forgotten that very night, the night he died.





    Chapter 1
    {Three years ago}

    It was a dark night, the only light was the light from the full moon. We were out on a walk. As we got home he kissed me on the head and said good-night and good-bye. Just as I was walking in and he was walking away we heard a gun shot and a scream inside my house. He ran in, covering me, making sure I would get hurt. We saw blood all over the house. I knew something bad had just happen. Blood was over the walls, and carpet. The living room was the worse. There I was my auntie laying on the ground, covered in blood. Cold blood. Her own blood. It was a gruesome sight. He held me close, covered my face from the scene.

    I couldn’t believe my eyes, the sight I had just seen. He held me to his chest, covered my eyes, shielded my face, protected me from harm. But that wasn’t good enough, no. I wish it were me who died, not him. God no. Not him. My mother, she had killed my family. And next was my lover, Nathen. She wanted to go after me, but instead she hit Nathen in the process. He tried to protect me. She stabbed him straight in the heart. He always said he’d protect me with his life. I never knew he actually meant it. And then he said it “The dead will always walk the earth, and be with the living.”



    Chapter 2
    {Those horrible words}

    “The dead will always walk the earth, and be the living.” What could he have meant by those words? Those horrible words. To this day I still wonder what he meant by them, and I can’t seem to figure them out. Years have pasted and they’ve given me 1,095 day to figure it out, but still nothing come to mind. Those words he said I can’t get them out of my mind. As hard as I try those accursed words won’t just leave. I know he’ll always be here in spirit, but still I wish he were here in person. I loved him so much. I laid roses on his grave everyday, just as he gave me roses everyday we were together. Red roses, the sign of love.

    Thoses words I can’t seem to get out of my head, until I die. My mother killed herself in the process of accidentally killing Nathen. How? I didn’t quite find out. Three years may have pasted but for me time has not yet moved on. Those words seem like he just told me them yesterday, but on it was 1,095 days ago, but it seems like not even a second has passed.



    Chapter 3
    {The end for me}

    My end has come, but now I can be with my Nathen. The car crash was too much for me. I may never get another chance at life, but at least I can finally be happy. Now I know what he meant by “The dead will always walk the earth, and be with the living.” The dead may be dead but will always be on the earth supporting their loved ones, and will always be there. I finally know. The words have slipped my head. Now only two words are in my head love, and Nathen. My love. My Nathen. Both.

    Roses were laid upon me, and next to me. The dead, no. I’m alive. Full alive. Just in a coma. Years may have to past before I can walk, talk, or anything. I can’t even remeber the phrase Nathen said. Something about the dead. No the living. Either way I wish I were dead. Now only one word comes to mind. Death.