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Etched into that Tombstone Janet Kuypers started 10Ὧ24Ὧ12, completed 10Ὧ25Ὧ12 I’ve seen my tombstone and the date etched in that stone is before we met and you say I saved you and you say I was what you needed I know you cannot answer, but where is what I needed back when that date         was etched on that tombstone? and what, now I am here, unable to be everything for you — I’m your savior now? I had no one to save me on that fateful day,         etched in stone how can I save you when I don’t know how to save myself ### was it music was it science that saved me because it brings me to tears to know that I’m here what, because of science science is what I rely on and thanks to science, I am left here with this hole with this tombstone, and with this hole ### yes, you’ve made me feel less alone and this hole would consume the Universe if you were not here but like a Black Hole this void is never satiated it keeps wanting more it keeps swallowing everything around it it keeps sucking everything in until nothing can escape ### I know, I know galaxies thrive with a Black Hole at their core so is this how I’m supposed to survive and thrive now? maybe I should know that everything now is just icing on the cake because I lived through that date and I saw that date etched on that tombstone because I died so long ago so I just have to remember: all this joy and more importantly, all this pain this is all icing on the cake

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