I was in gym class

The last period of the day

I was so sweaty and hyper

My laugh echoed through the gym walls

My class was playing kickball

and I was doing great

It was so fun

In class we couldn’t have phones

So my teacher held everyone’s phone

We finished our long game

and of course my team won

It was awesome

I lined up by the door

and some classmates were with me

We were all cracking jokes

laughing like crazy

Everyone excited because spring break was a day away

My teacher is walking around giving everyone their phones back

I grab mine happily

Another peer cracks another joke

I laugh like a lunatic

As I am laughing

I look at my phone

Silence is all I hear

My world stops

I got a text from my sister

Worst text imaginable

She texted me saying

My papa has passed

That day I went crazy

So much happened to me that year

I do not know how I didn’t break

Or commit suicide

My papa passed

And I didn’t get the chance to say goodbye

Ironic how it reminds me of movies

Emptiness and sadness hugged me (metaphor)

I felt as if a train had literally hit me

paralysed