I expected to receive good news 

But as I see his motionless face, he speaks.

And my smile fades into a frown, 

as I can feel a single tear drop drip down my face.

I realize that a person I love is gone, not being able to say goodbye.

And never understanding the reason why it had to be him.

There were soldiers shooting in the sky

 but yet I could not hear them because I can only

 hear my slow heart beat. 

I sat on the freezing cold bench as I can see a soldier give the flag away. 

As we drive off I could feel happyness. Happy

that he is in a better place but doubt,

that I won’t feel this pain again. As the years would go by, I was living life like

I was happy but in reality it was not what I was feeling.

I started to remember that they would not want me

to live my life feeling depressed and miserable.

He had been in so much pain and nobody could do

anything to help him. The only other option was to

pull the plug and let the pain go away.

Ever since that day I thought to myself

that this is life and it is suppose to be this way.

Life is not fair nor is it suppose to be happy all the time.

There are challenges in life that everyone has to go through.

Death can happen anytime and everywhere, and it can happen 

to anyone especially the one’s you love.