Happily Ever After…

When I was young,

I loved fairytales.

I loved that no matter what,

There was always a happy ending.

But as I got older,

I realized something:

Happy endings don’t exist for everyone.

Everyone dies.

Some people die alone.

Some people die in pain.

Some people

—good people, bad people—

die slow, drawn out deaths that no one deserves.

Happily ever after doesn’t exist for everyone.

No matter how good you are in this life,

Happily ever after cannot always be achieved.

Fainting Goat

UT

16 years old

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