This is not goodbye babe
I'm just sitting here thinking back to Thursday when all of us found out through SMS, Msn and Facebook that a friend has passed away in her sleep the morning after she was hospitalised from fainting at work. So many friends and friends of friends turned up for the wake the same night, which made for one of the most somber moments of my life (to date).
This morning at the crematorium, my heart went out to the boyfriend of the friend. On the outside, he looks like punk rocker slash chic geek with his all-black outfit, belt chain and pierced lip. But on the inside, it wasn't difficult to tell that he was pretty much in pieces. His wall postings on her Facebook wall were so heart wrenching that I couldn't even read them all at one go without having to reach for the tissue box.
At the viewing gallery as we waited for the coffin to make its final journey, it occured to me how unusual it was to see so many people under the age of 35 (might be younger, not too sure) gathered together to see a friend off.
The entire time the coffin took to the furnace was painfully slow and I think that was when it hit many of us that she really was gone. It's just so surreal sifting through my memories of her and thinking time has passed too damn fast. The final words her family and close friends called out to her were so sad and it make the whole situation suck more, I ran out of tissues.
I know you're in a better place now babe and there are alot of people who will miss you alot. Thank you for the conversations we've had and although we don't know each other fantastically well, I'm glad that our lives crossed paths (all thanks to the Baboon) and I'll see you on the other side one day.
*Side note: Crap I don't have an appropriate userpic to use. Bah!