__MY TRAGEDY

It was many years ago when it happened, but it haunts me now just the same. I was only sixteen but I was already deeply in love... and with my best friend. She wasn’t in love with me though. In fact she had a boyfriend and I had come to hate everything about him.

He had glint in his eyes that sent chills down my spine and sparked hate in my heart. She and I constantly fought over her relationship with him. The feud almost ruined our friendship, but our biggest fight killed it.
We had been getting along fine, like everything was back to normal, until we were almost home from the party. She probably only mentioned his name but when she did it was on. As we walked into the house we were screaming at the top of our lungs. A friend separated us and tried to calm us down but not long after the love of my life ran out the door.

I admit that partly was my fault but neither one of us was in a very good mood. After some thought I decided to go after her. Her father told me she was on a walk. I searched the whole neighborhood for her and was about to give up when something in my heart made me call once again.

When I did I saw a man run out of the bushes up ahead of me. Something made me investigate what he was running from. When my eyes adjusted to the light I felt my whole world crash down around me.

Her half-naked body was just lying there on the ground. Her clothes had been ripped off her body and she was very badly beaten. When I got to her and wrapped my coat around her I noticed a huge gash on the back of her head. She was barely conscious as I tried to cover the wound and told her I loved her. Before the ambulance arrived she was gone.

She is now my angel, the one to which I pray.
I visit her grave and pray to her each day.
I know she watches over me to keep me safe from harm.
But a broken spirit un-mended, hurts worse than any thorn.