Eve Carson

Eve

I woke to find her dead beside me
in the trenches
The hour she died I didn't know
no warning sounded in the night to alert me of the change
in the patterns and flow of time

Eve Carson died a few months ago, but her story still haunts me. I didn't know her, but like myself she was a college student with big goals and dreams. She was kind, helped people, and probably would have changed the world. I remember that when I heard about what had happened, I watched the news for days. I cried as if she'd been my sister. She could have been a good friend, but now I'll never know.

There are probably a lot of people out there like that, people with lights in their eyes, people that could be secret kinsmen waiting to connect. But like Eve, any one could disappear from the "patterns of time".

So don't wait. Enjoy the light of others while it still shines.