“How shameful and absurd it is for the spirit to surrender when the body is able to fight on.”* ~ Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor

His words resonate through me tonight, like many nights before…I am borrowing the Emperor’s words tonight to express how I feel. I feel like my soul was murdered a long time ago. My body is here – as ****** up as it is – my heart still beats – but my body is empty, void of a soul.

I have no fight left in me now.  My heart is still beating...but I'm no longer here.