A girl’s eyes once bright with passion now stare weakly dull and empty. She lies on the bed trembling fingers twisting the sheets. She pleads. She screams. The walls do not listen. The air does not carry her cries. The earth shifts graves loosen their grip ready to swallow the unwanted. I tear her apart. Every breath I draw is stolen from her lungs. I was welcomed into this world when she bid farewell to her world After all this is the circle of life