It seemed today even God was glad she was gone forever, for he made the sun shine along with the fluffy white clouds embedding the blue sky. The wind was slightly breezing through the cemetery as she watched them, she stood in the gazebo where she wondered how many of the other dead have walked in here to watch the last hour of their entity.

Please, please forgive me, but I won't be home again…..

There was only a small circle around the graving plot, all wearing black, though the little ones seemed a bit antsy about trying to pull off formal. Nobody there seemed to be in tears, no one seemed that remorsed. All of them seemed like statues looked into the gaping hole that was near to consume her earthly flesh.

Maybe someday you'll look out, and barely conscious you'll say to no one, "Isn't something missing?"

Everyone seemed to be making face, even before they made it to their cars, they were laughing hugging. Maybe celebrating her existence was no more. She followed the small mini van as it pulled into the familiar curb. Maybe….Just maybe her family was just trying to be strong in front of everyone else and now they had time to grieve.

You won't cry for my absence, I know, you forgot me long ago.

Am I that unimportant? Am I so insignificant?

That didn't seem to be the case, oh no, Nora had ordered a pizza, as they walked in complaining how she had to get up early for a case. And she went into the bath to soak, where the "incident" had happened.

Even though I'm the sacrifice you won't try for me, not now.

The night before, it seemed so long ago now, no one was even pranking her, no one was complaining to her or about her. That was the problem, no one was even acknowledging her, no one cared if it was breaking her too far down. She had filled the tub to the brim with scalding water, she had researched what she was going to do, as she always did when something was important. She had made two vertical lines down her arm the warm water soothing on her dismembered flesh.

Though I'd die to know you love me, I'm all alone.

She smiled as she cranked the nozzle back on overflowing the tub, that was the way they were going to find her broken and near to drowning. Just as they left her. But it was taking longer she wanted to see the hurt in their eyes as she left, but all she heard was dinner dishes clanking together downstairs.

And if I bleed, I'll bleed, knowing you don't care.

Marti had come upstairs to potty, and see screamed as she saw the corpse in the tub, she wanted to smile, that's what she gets for not knocking. George had hefted her body up, as Derek's disbelieving eyes put a towel around her. Ambulance sirens could be heard in the distance. Do they understand now? Probably not.

And if I sleep, just to dream of you. I'll wake without you there.

Now George and Nora were going over their briefs at the dinner table, as the three children ate their pizza in front of the TV playing video games, Marti begging for a turn. It was as if nothing had changed, and as it did before it broke her, she went upstairs to see if they had already demolished her room only to find Derek on her bed sobbing into her pillow. "Why Casey? Why…?" Even though she knew he could no longer see her, she sat next to him on the bed, and she did something she never thought she would do, she cried alongside Derek, as she wrapped her arms around him. And what surprised her, was that she could still feel his warmth dancing along her.

Isn't something missing? Isn't someone missing me?

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