It was the dream that caught me off guard

It was the dream that caught me off guard.  I had expected it, wanted it.  The beauty, truth...  The light.  Too good to be true.  My angel, my life.  In one instant it was torn from my arms.  I mourned for the loss of that perfection, yet tears would not come.

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"Oh, TK. Couldn't you have been more careful?"  Kari was beside herself with tears.  Her life was laying there on a hospital bed, pale, almost lifeless.  "They told me you'd be able to hear me.  Please wake up.  I need you.  Please..."

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'Kari, what happened?  Why are you crying?  What is going on?'

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The monitor flat-lined.  Doctors, nurses, all rushed into the room.  "No!  TK!!"  Kari was beside herself with grief.  He was gone this time.  They couldn't save him.