Til Death

by Carlos E. Russo

Where does that leave me? I don’t know. Never thought I’d find myself here.

Especially not after everything we did.

How could we have been so stupid? So blind to what was happening? I guess that’s what happens when you follow faith. Unquestioning what we were taught. Never looking for the truth.

How can I move on now?

They were never supposed to leave. We were supposed to grow old and die. Right? Isn’t that what we’re all promised! To live. To love. To hold. To grow old. To die.

Not to simply get up and leave as if it never mattered.

This wasn’t a trial. Fuck. What am I supposed to do now?