Living with Imperativeness

When I was a young teen I saw two lives end in the same week and it changed me. Looking through photos of their lives I realized that it wasn't that long ago that each of these women was just a young girl like me with dreams and hopes and plans. How much of those things had come to fruition and how much had fallen by the wayside. I suddenly saw how very short a time we are all given, some much shorter than others. I spent the rest of that summer lost in thought. When I returned to school in the fall it was as a changed person. Everyone else was the same. My friends talked about boys and the weekend, and upcoming exams. I couldn't relate to them anymore...