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I watched my best friend die.

It wasn't in a hospital and it wasn't an accident on some road somewhere. There's a saying, and I guess it's also… funny… how you never know what's going on behind closed doors.

I guess you're probably thinking of suicide; overdose, hanging by the rope, or god forbid, the knife, but… it's not that.

Because it's one thing to die and it's another to die. I believe you can exist without properly living.

What is a life? We are born into this world with no say on the matter, and yet the majority of us take for granted that tomorrow we will wake up to another morning, another routine, another day in this same old life.

Do we?

Are we happy in this life? Inside, where it counts, are we happy?

My best friend came from nowhere. One minute I had no one, and the next… I guess it's a sort of blessing that my best friend arrived when I needed comfort the most.

We began to go out and have wild trips galumphing up the roads. We made war with bits of paper and paint, but we both came out triumphant at the end; two winners in a life that no one wins.

At the end, my best friend died alone and I… I made it happen.

I made my best friend die.
©2009 =3wyl
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Author's Comments

Whilst my mind went on its many walks of thoughts, it jumped to the phrasing "I watched my friend die" to "I made my friend die". I thought it was interesting how one thing could be seen as another and how many variables there are in life.

I interpret this piece as... the best friend not being real. The title immediately gives you a clue that this is all happening inside, mentally.

As Abraham Lincoln said: If I have lost every friend on earth, I shall have one friend left down inside me.

I must admit, at first, it was going to be real. The person was going to murder the other person in some sort of way, whether it was all in the mind or not, but… it’s up to you to interpret.

This piece… can mean anything to anyone and so I am interested in hearing what you think of this piece, concept and otherwise.

Thank you for reading. :)

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~xmonkeygalx Oct 16, 2009, 12:48:48 PM
this is A-MA-ZING!!!! well done!!! i read the first little bit and i was like wow...
it makes me think.... about life alot
awesome work

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*Silvaz Oct 16, 2009, 12:53:21 PM
The little friend inside of you died... is that what I'm hearing... -hug-

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*Cibbwin Oct 16, 2009, 12:53:22 PM
Maybe because I'm so obsessed with the theme, but I see a loss of innocence. Like this kid 'killed' his imaginary friend 'cuz he grew up and forgot about it.

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~namenotrequired Oct 16, 2009, 12:57:46 PM
Wow, this makes you think indeed :) very deep. Though it is really confusing in parts, was that intentional?

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~xmonkeygalx Oct 16, 2009, 1:07:08 PM
it quite alright

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=3wyl Oct 16, 2009, 1:07:28 PM
That's one way of interpreting it. :)

I interpret it that way, yes, but I've never had an imaginary friend before, whether outside of me or inside. I just can't... imagine something that far. ^^;

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=3wyl Oct 16, 2009, 1:10:00 PM
I guess it's a somewhat sick hobby of mine, making people think. :P

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~SIXCOOKIES Oct 16, 2009, 1:10:08 PM
O-o great flying penguins that was a good piece. It reminds me almost of the village. I like this, how when you're lonely you make a friend but as life goes on you don't really need that friend anymore. And you almost feel guilty.

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~xmonkeygalx Oct 16, 2009, 1:10:48 PM
no not really... just a diferent hobby....

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