It creeps out, as does the Sun at dawn, in the autumn of despair. The air is still laden with sorrow, the sickening stench of failure. This cheer, barely glimmering in the time of dark despondency, this only hope.
Every cloud has a silver lining. Pray tell, then, what lining does this cloud bring?
Disgustingly brutal. That's how I know it to be. And that's how it knows me. No, I stand corrected. Not to me, but to those who are dear to me.
A friend just got diagnosed with cancer a couple of days ago. He's still so young. Another friend of mine passed away last year from cancer. He was my age. And yet another was involved in an accident. He can't remember me now. Is this some sick joke? Why??
Why torture them when they have wives, parents and families to support? Why can't it just be me. Leave them alone!